UK, EU in talks to accelerate arms for Ukraine before ceasefire – Bloomberg

The UK and European Union are in talks to accelerate arms shipments to Ukraine ahead of a potential full ceasefire, Britain’s foreign secretary told Bloomberg shortly before Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to a limited truce.

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said he discussed the possibility of sending more military support to Ukraine before any broad cessation in fighting is implemented at a meeting in London with the EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, Tuesday. The idea was also raised at the Group of Seven meeting of foreign ministers in Canada last week, according to Bloomberg.

“Of course it’s our intention to put Ukraine in the strongest possible position militarily and economically,” the foreign secretary told Bloomberg in an interview before Putin’s call with US President Donald Trump concluded. “We want peace to prevail but we get peace through strength and that means putting Ukraine in the strongest possible position to repel any prospects of the war beginning again.”

Shortly before the readouts of the call, Lammy called on Russia to agree to an “unconditional ceasefire”.