The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, arrived in London on Saturday, where he will participate on Sunday at the European Summit convened by the British government to address the warwhich will take place after the tense meeting between the Ukrainian and the US president, Donald Trump.
The plane that moved to Zelenski landed at Stansted airport, northeast of London, a few minutes after 11.00 GMT, From where a convoy transferred to a place that has not been made public.
The arrival of Zelenski is surrounded by great expectation after the disastrous result of his interview yesterday with Trump and the US vice president, JD Vance, in which hard words were exchanged and which led to suspend the signing of the economic agreement that had been closed between Washington and kyiv.
The summit convened for tomorrow by the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, will bring together the representatives of 15 countries in downtown London, where, according to Downing Street, they will try to reinforce the position on the land of Ukraine as the main point of the agenda.
After the unprecedented anger between Zelenski and Trump, the vast majority of European leaders have shown their public support for the Ukrainian, including Starmer himself, who, according to a spokesman, expressed his “unwavering support.”
Starmer, who spoke on the phone with Zelenski and Trump after the tense conversation, “is doing everything to find a way towards a lasting peace based on the sovereignty and security of Ukraine,” said the spokesman.
The British, who just on Thursday was seen with the US president in the White House in a very cordial interview, is trying in his recent diplomatic movements to position himself as intermediary between the interests of Washington and the visions of the European Union and Ukraine.