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Zelensky in London: Talks with King Charles III & PM Keir Starmer Focus on Joint-Defence Production and Tougher Russia Sanctions

by Roman Cheplyk
Monday, June 23, 2025
1 MIN
Zelensky in London: Talks with King Charles III & PM Keir Starmer Focus on Joint-Defence Production and Tougher Russia Sanctions

Ukrainian leader thanks Britain for life-saving support, pushes new weapons-making ventures and global blacklisting of Russian arms plants

Key take-aways

Topic What Was Agreed / Discussed
Royal Audience King Charles III reaffirmed the Royal Family’s solidarity with Ukraine; Zelensky expressed gratitude for Britain’s steadfast humanitarian backing.
Meeting with PM Keir Starmer Deep-defence collaboration – fast-tracking Anglo-Ukrainian weapons and drone production, with fresh investment streams.
Sanctions 2.0 – Kyiv will hand London a new list of Russian factories (incl. producers of “Oreshnik” glide bombs) and individuals to be targeted in “all key jurisdictions”.
Diplomatic coordination – aligning G7/NATO messaging to push Moscow toward serious peace talks.
Parliament & Troop Visits Zelensky met Speakers of both Houses, and inspected Ukrainian recruits training under the UK’s Op Interflex programme.

Quote of the day

“Interaction with Russian arms manufacturers is a crime against peace. We will fix this.” – Volodymyr Zelensky

What’s next

  • London and Kyiv teams to draft a joint production roadmap before the NATO Summit in The Hague (24-25 June).

  • Britain to circulate Ukraine’s new sanctions dossier among G7 partners.

  • Zelensky’s participation at The Hague still unconfirmed; a potential bilateral with US President Donald Trump is “not excluded.”

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