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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the United States to expand sanctions on Russian oil from two companies to the whole sector and appealed for long-range missiles to hit back at Russia.<\/p>\n

Mr Zelenskyy was in London for talks with two dozen European leaders who have pledged military help to shield his country from future Russian aggression should a ceasefire be imposed after more than three years of war.<\/p>\n

The meeting hosted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer aimed to step up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin, adding momentum to recent measures including a new round of sanctions from the US and European countries on Russia’s vital oil and gas export earnings.<\/p>\n

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The “Coalition of the Willing” talks were held in London this week. (Reuters: Kirsty Wigglesworth)<\/p>\n

The talks also addressed ways to help protect Ukraine’s power grid from Russia’s almost daily drone and missiles attacks as winter approaches.<\/p>\n

The enhancement of Ukrainian air defences and the supply of longer-range missiles capable of striking deep inside Russia were also discussed.<\/p>\n

Mr Zelenskyy has urged the US to send Tomahawk missiles, an idea US President Donald Trump has flirted with.<\/p>\n

Oil sanctions ‘a big step’<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian leader described Mr Trump’s imposition of oil sanctions this week as “a big step” but said more could be done.<\/p>\n

Why Ukraine wants US Tomahawk missiles <\/a><\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump threatened to send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine if Russia did not return to peace talks, but analysts say the long-range weapons are not the game-changer they are made out to be.<\/p>\n

“We have to apply pressure not only to Rosneft and Lukoil, but to all Russian oil companies,” Mr Zelenskyy said during a news conference at the Foreign Office in London.<\/p>\n

“Besides, we are carrying out our own campaign of pressure with drones and missiles specifically targeting the Russian oil sector.”<\/p>\n

Trump also put on hold a plan for a swift meeting with Putin in Budapest, because he did not want it to be a “waste of time”.<\/p>\n

Mr Putin has so far resisted efforts to push him into negotiating a peace settlement with Mr Zelenskyy and has argued that the motives for Russia’s invasion of its smaller neighbour are legitimate.<\/p>\n

Russia has also been adept at finding loopholes in Western sanctions.<\/p>\n

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Vladimir Putin has so far resisted efforts to negotiate a peace settlement with Ukraine. (Reuters: Sputnik\/Alexander Shcherbak)<\/p>\n

Putin exasperating Western leaders<\/p>\n

Mr Putin’s stance has exasperated Western leaders.<\/p>\n

“He’s rejected the opportunity for talks once again, instead making ludicrous demands for Ukrainian land, which he could not and has not taken by force,” Mr Starmer said at a news conference alongside Mr Zelenskyy and several other European leaders.<\/p>\n

“Of course, that is a complete non-starter.”<\/p>\n

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the US to send Tomahawk missiles. (Reuters: Kirsty Wigglesworth)<\/p>\n

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Mr Putin’s goals remain unchanged but he “is running out of money, troops and ideas”.<\/p>\n

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof also attended Friday’s meeting of the “Coalition of the Willing”.<\/p>\n

About 20 other leaders joined by video link.<\/p>\n

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