UK Prime Minister Participates in Meetings on Ukraine Issue

On March 15 local time, the UK prime minister held an online meeting with multiple leaders to discuss the Ukraine issue.

The UK prime minister's office previously issued a statement saying that apart from the UK prime minister, around 25 leaders participated in this online meeting, including leaders from European partners, the European Commission, NATO, Canada, Ukraine, Australia, and New Zealand.

The statement also said that the UK prime minister would call on countries to increase pressure on Russia during the Ukraine conflict negotiations. It also stated that if Russia "returns to the negotiation table", the UK prime minister hopes to supervise the cease - fire regime in Ukraine together with other members of the so - called "coalition of the willing".

On March 2 local time, leaders from more than a dozen European and EU countries, as well as Ukraine and Canada, held a summit in London, UK, to discuss the Ukraine crisis and European defense issues. After the summit ended on that day, the UK prime minister announced four steps to support Ukraine and declared that the UK would allow Ukraine to use 1.6 billion pounds of UK export finance to purchase about 5,000 air - defense missiles.