Sir Keir Starmer sent a warning to Vladimir Putin on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The prime minister warned the Russian leader that his country “does not hold all the cards” as he joined a call with Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders on Monday (24 February),

Putin must be forced into concessions on Ukraine, Starmer tells world leaders on third anniversary of conflict - PM says UK will help Ukraine achieve ‘a just and lasting peace’

"He wants a great America." Even so, he suggests, Trump might be able to get together with Vladimir Putin and agree on a common goal: how to divide the world between the two great superpowers. He finishes with a Trumpian flourish: "LET'S MAKE RUSSIA GREAT AGAIN.

The measures will target Russia’s so-called shadow fleet and companies in China and other countries sending military components to Moscow.

French president Emmanuel Macron has said that peace between Ukraine and Russia could be agreed in the coming weeks, after the United States sided with Russia in the latest UN Security Council vote on the third anniversary of Russia 's invasion of Ukraine that takes a neutral position on the conflict.