Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived at the White House in Washington, DC, to meet with the US President. He was greeted by the Chief of Protocol, Ethan Rosenzweig.
Sir Keir Starmer has said the next weeks and months will be 'crucial' in Ukraine as he held White House talks with Joe Biden - declaring that the UK and the US were 'strategically aligned' as they faced warnings of 'war' from Vladimir Putin.
Meanwhile, when asked what he thought about Russian President Putin's threat of war, his US counterpart Mr Biden said: 'I don't think much about Vladimir Putin.' The Prime Minister told reporters it was 'important' the two countries continued to support the eastern European nation in its fight against Russia . US President Joe Biden holds a bilateral meeting with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at the White House
Mr Biden and Sir Keir were pictured alongside their teams in the Blue Room of the White House as the talks began. Following his meeting with US President Joe Biden on Friday, Sir Keir Starmer described the talks as 'long and productive'. The meeting came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his frustration at the continued restrictions on the use of Western weaponry against Russian targets.
Mr Putin said allowing long-range strikes 'would mean that Nato countries, the United States, and European countries are at war with Russia ... if this is so, then, bearing in mind the change in the very essence of this conflict, we will make appropriate decisions based on the threats that will be created for us'.
A change in that policy will require U.S. sign-off, which is what Biden and Starmer will be discussing in their meeting today. He told reporters on Friday: 'It's obvious that in the coming weeks and months there are really important potential developments.'
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