Sir Keir Starmer is to urge Joe Biden to release funds for a $20 billion (£15.5 billion) loan to Ukraine before Donald Trump takes office.
The Prime Minister is pressing to hold face-to-face talks with Mr Biden, the outgoing US president, when they both attend the G20 summit in Brazil next week.
Sir Keir is also expected to say Ukraine should finally be given permission to fire long-range Storm Shadow missiles deep into Russia, something Mr Biden has opposed.
Sir Keir and Emmanuel Macron, the French president, discussed getting the US to change its stance on Storm Shadows during talks in Paris on Monday, as revealed by The Telegraph.
The two leaders spent 20 minutes talking one-on-one about Ukraine, with the wider delegation of aides not in the room – a sign of the political sensitivity of the discussions.
A Number 10 spokesman said: “The leaders started by discussing the situation in Ukraine, including how best to put Ukraine in the strongest possible position going into the winter.”
The meeting was held as Sir Keir became the first Prime Minister to attend the Armistice Day commemorations in Paris for 80 years, including a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe.
Storm Shadow missiles are made by Britain and France but can use US systems in deployment.
Ukraine has permission to use them to strike just over the Russian border but not far beyond it.
Western allies appear to be working on two fronts – money and weapons – to try to get Mr Biden to go further on support for Ukraine than is currently planned for his last two months in office.
There are concerns in European capitals that Mr Trump, who returns to the White House on January 20, will force Ukraine to permanently give up Russian-held land for a peace deal.
Mr Trump has vowed to end the conflict in Ukraine, which Russia invaded, on “day one” of his presidency and has criticised the billions of pounds of financial support for Kyiv given by Mr Biden.
I don’t understand why Biden is even considering holding back support to Ukraine that has already been approved…
Do it. It’s not like he could be held accountable. The supreme Court made sure of that.
Give that money to the Europeans now before the orange NAZI takes over and stops this war. Europeans need American money.
I don’t believe anything in the press. Starmer demands Biden….that’s like saying the president of Peru demands that the president of Australia looks after the Great Barrier Reef…it’s bullshit.
Forget weapons. Hand over the cheddar
What a failure Biden has been. Lead his party to a crushing defeat and has been late to support Ukraine at every turn dragging his feet and following in the UKs lead on action of all nations.
Now who knows if Trump will withdraw all American support.
What’s the bet Orange guy tries to blame the upcoming US hardship he causes on the previous administration giving funding and munitions to Ukraine. It’s a pre built in scapegoat for his terrible ideas.
And the Democrats wonder why they lost….
Biden needs to flood Ukraine with whatever is needed before Don The Con comes in and stops it to let Ukrainians die
Fuck Trump, fuck Trump supporters, and fuck anyone that thinks he’s going to be good for the country when he wasn’t the first time. He’s a puppet for Putin and him saying concede land to Russia. Suck off a shotgun
Slava Ukraini ✊
Headline: Starmer to *demand* Biden gives funds
Actual first paragraph: Starmer to *urge* Biden gives funds
clickbait as usual
…on a serious note, i do hope Ukraine gets a juicy support package and no limits on strike distance
Big crisis. Big opportunity for Europe to step up. Finally.
Hand over the $300B+ in seized russian currency reserves now! The entire amount. The Supreme Court has already ruled that as long as he’s president he’s above the law.
He should just hand over $200bn and pretend it was an accident. Pass it off as old age getting the better of him.
I think dragging it out was a strategic move on the US… but they didn’t think Trump would win. Dragging it out has cost Russia its ability to wage any other wars for several years at best. They have depleted Russias armory, middle and weapons caches, their man power is all but destroyed unless they start a draft. Their infrastructure is fucked, oil and gas refineries, their navy has suffered several losses, they pretty must lost the WAGNER forces. The economy is in shambles. They will continue to be sanctioned… I wouldn’t be surprised if China made a move on their Siberian oil fields and annexed portions of disputed territories. They are ripe for rebellion in different ethnic territories such as Chechnya. They drew this shit out on purpose.
Who was happy with the Biden presidency. Find me someone who think this was anything above a C- presidency.
Sure he is!!!
Biden is looking for ice cream!!🤬 need to offer him some if he get a project done. That will help.
Who’s conducting the transport from the US to ETO? Is it the US, or Europeans… or both?
Is it mainly an air bridge or seaborne?
Asking because if it’s a logistics hold up, surely this could be a gap Europeans might assist with…
Is the UK matching that?
Do fuckin something cuz it’s all over January 20th
This is a no brainer – give them every cent authorized and eliminate the restrictions on use.
About time someone is giving him a boot up the arse to get him moving.
Not like he has to run and jump or do anything physical. He just has to speak and give the directive
But as usual his procrastination will take up so much time the window of opportunity will be closed and trump will be in to prevent it.
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***The Telegraph reports:***
Sir Keir Starmer is to urge Joe Biden to release funds for a $20 billion (£15.5 billion) loan to Ukraine before Donald Trump takes office.
The Prime Minister is pressing to hold face-to-face talks with Mr Biden, the outgoing US president, when they both attend the G20 summit in Brazil next week.
Sir Keir is also expected to say Ukraine should finally be given permission to fire long-range Storm Shadow missiles deep into Russia, something Mr Biden has opposed.
Sir Keir and Emmanuel Macron, the French president, discussed getting the US to change its stance on Storm Shadows during talks in Paris on Monday, as revealed by The Telegraph.
The two leaders spent 20 minutes talking one-on-one about Ukraine, with the wider delegation of aides not in the room – a sign of the political sensitivity of the discussions.
A Number 10 spokesman said: “The leaders started by discussing the situation in Ukraine, including how best to put Ukraine in the strongest possible position going into the winter.”
The meeting was held as Sir Keir became the first Prime Minister to attend the Armistice Day commemorations in Paris for 80 years, including a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe.
Storm Shadow missiles are made by Britain and France but can use US systems in deployment.
Ukraine has permission to use them to strike just over the Russian border but not far beyond it.
Western allies appear to be working on two fronts – money and weapons – to try to get Mr Biden to go further on support for Ukraine than is currently planned for his last two months in office.
There are concerns in European capitals that Mr Trump, who returns to the White House on January 20, will force Ukraine to permanently give up Russian-held land for a peace deal.
Mr Trump has vowed to end the conflict in Ukraine, which Russia invaded, on “day one” of his presidency and has criticised the billions of pounds of financial support for Kyiv given by Mr Biden.
**Full story:** [**https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/11/11/keir-starmer-demand-biden-ukraine-20bn-before-trump-talks/**](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/11/11/keir-starmer-demand-biden-ukraine-20bn-before-trump-talks/)
I don’t understand why Biden is even considering holding back support to Ukraine that has already been approved…
Do it. It’s not like he could be held accountable. The supreme Court made sure of that.
Give that money to the Europeans now before the orange NAZI takes over and stops this war. Europeans need American money.
I don’t believe anything in the press. Starmer demands Biden….that’s like saying the president of Peru demands that the president of Australia looks after the Great Barrier Reef…it’s bullshit.
Forget weapons. Hand over the cheddar
What a failure Biden has been. Lead his party to a crushing defeat and has been late to support Ukraine at every turn dragging his feet and following in the UKs lead on action of all nations.
Now who knows if Trump will withdraw all American support.
What’s the bet Orange guy tries to blame the upcoming US hardship he causes on the previous administration giving funding and munitions to Ukraine. It’s a pre built in scapegoat for his terrible ideas.
And the Democrats wonder why they lost….
Biden needs to flood Ukraine with whatever is needed before Don The Con comes in and stops it to let Ukrainians die
Fuck Trump, fuck Trump supporters, and fuck anyone that thinks he’s going to be good for the country when he wasn’t the first time. He’s a puppet for Putin and him saying concede land to Russia. Suck off a shotgun
Slava Ukraini ✊
Headline: Starmer to *demand* Biden gives funds
Actual first paragraph: Starmer to *urge* Biden gives funds
clickbait as usual
…on a serious note, i do hope Ukraine gets a juicy support package and no limits on strike distance
Big crisis. Big opportunity for Europe to step up. Finally.
Hand over the $300B+ in seized russian currency reserves now! The entire amount. The Supreme Court has already ruled that as long as he’s president he’s above the law.
He should just hand over $200bn and pretend it was an accident. Pass it off as old age getting the better of him.
I think dragging it out was a strategic move on the US… but they didn’t think Trump would win. Dragging it out has cost Russia its ability to wage any other wars for several years at best. They have depleted Russias armory, middle and weapons caches, their man power is all but destroyed unless they start a draft. Their infrastructure is fucked, oil and gas refineries, their navy has suffered several losses, they pretty must lost the WAGNER forces. The economy is in shambles. They will continue to be sanctioned… I wouldn’t be surprised if China made a move on their Siberian oil fields and annexed portions of disputed territories. They are ripe for rebellion in different ethnic territories such as Chechnya. They drew this shit out on purpose.
Who was happy with the Biden presidency. Find me someone who think this was anything above a C- presidency.
Sure he is!!!
Biden is looking for ice cream!!🤬 need to offer him some if he get a project done. That will help.
Who’s conducting the transport from the US to ETO? Is it the US, or Europeans… or both?
Is it mainly an air bridge or seaborne?
Asking because if it’s a logistics hold up, surely this could be a gap Europeans might assist with…
Is the UK matching that?
Do fuckin something cuz it’s all over January 20th
This is a no brainer – give them every cent authorized and eliminate the restrictions on use.
About time someone is giving him a boot up the arse to get him moving.
Not like he has to run and jump or do anything physical. He just has to speak and give the directive
But as usual his procrastination will take up so much time the window of opportunity will be closed and trump will be in to prevent it.
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