Starmer backs Zelensky after Trump ‘dictator’ claim | Global News Avenue

After Donald Trump imprinted the Ukrainian President a “dictator”, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer expressed support for Volodymyr Zelensky’s ” Leaders of democratic elections.”

Downing Street said Sir Kyle spoke to Zelensky on the phone Wednesday night and said Ukraine “is completely reasonable to suspend elections like Britain did during World War II”.

After Trump criticized Zelensky, the phone was sent out, saying he had done a “terrible job” and claimed that “he refused to hold elections in Ukraine” as a condition of a deal to end the war.

Zelensky accused Trump of living in Russia’s “false information” after the U.S. president appeared to blame Ukraine for living in Russia after the country launched a war.

A spokesman for Downing Street said Sir Kyle “emphasized that everyone needs to call the Ukrainian president.

The spokesman said: “The Prime Minister expressed support for the leaders of Ukraine’s democratic elections and said it was completely reasonable to suspend elections during the war, just as Britain did during World War II.”

“The Prime Minister reiterated his support for the efforts of the U.S. leadership to enable Ukraine to prevent future Russian aggression.”

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch also defended Ukrainian leaders.

In posts on xBadenoch said Zelensky was “the leader of Ukraine’s democratic elections, who bravely supported Putin’s illegal invasion”.

But Badennock said Trump was “right, Europe needs to pull out its weight” and called on Sir Kyle to “get on the plane to Washington and show leadership.”

The dispute between Trump and Zelensky increases the political danger to Sir Keir ahead of a high-stakes meeting next week.

The Prime Minister will travel to Washington, D.C. to hold his first face-to-face meeting with the U.S. president as he tries to influence the United States’ approach to ending the war in Ukraine.

Sir Kyle said he wanted to discuss “our backstage” with Trump next week, saying it was necessary to stop Russia from attacking its neighbors again.

Britain and other European countries have been striving to respond to the rapid development this week, three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The week began with diplomats at the Russian meeting in Saudi Arabia in the United States and Russia, aiming to end the war.

The United States has been accused of not inviting European leaders, including Zelensky, to not invite them.

Then on Tuesday, President Trump appeared to blame the Ukrainian war and suggested Zelensky’s popularity was as low as 4%.

It is not clear why the president has not provided evidence. According to the Kiev International Sociology Institute in Ukraine, a survey conducted this month found that 57% of Ukrainians expressed trust in the president.

Trump warned Zelensky in his speech Wednesday that if he is not peaceful, he will no longer leave a country.”

Zelensky won a five-year term in 2019 and has been in office as elections have been suspended since the Russian invasion declared martial law.

Liberal Democratic leader Sir Ed David said calling Zelensky a dictator “must be a demarcation place”.

He wrote on X: “I sincerely hope that the entire political field of Britain will speak in a voice against Trump’s lies.”

Conservative MP and former cabinet minister James said wisely Trump was wrong about Zelensky and urged Foreign Secretary David Lammy to “this way”, adding that “his silence is deafening.”

He posted: “Britain and the United States must send a message that we don’t let the tyrant win.”

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson also dabbled in the verbal war, Post it “Of course, Ukraine did not launch a war.”

He added: “Trump’s statements are not historically accurate, but rather shocking Europeans to take action.”

Previously, British Defense Minister John Healey visited the border between Norway and Russia and Norwegian Defense Minister Tore Sandvik.

Asked if the UK agrees with Trump’s suggestion that Ukraine “starts”, Healy told reporters: “Three years ago, one country illegally invaded another, and since then, Ukrainians have been fighting for freedom.

“They have been fighting for the future, and still.

“So, while all the focus may be on negotiations, not even on negotiations, our concern as Secretary of Defense is that we are not endangering peace by forgetting about war.”