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Keir Starmer has warned Vladimir Putin to stop playing games over a ceasefire as he gathers allies to hammer out peacekeeping plans. Some 25 countries will join a call led by the Prime Minister from Downing Street on Saturday to discuss forming a “coalition of the willing” to shore up peace in Ukraine. Mr Starmer will say allies need to turn the screws on Russia's economy and be prepared to support long term peace in Ukraine. Leaders from European countries, the EU Commission, NATO, Canada, Ukraine, Australia and New Zealand are expected to join the virtual summit which follows days...

U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has assured that Washington will continue to support Ukraine in opposing Russian aggression, and that Russia has already lost in the war it has waged. Blinken made the statement at a news conference in Berlin on Friday. "Ukrainians are defending themselves with incredible courage, and Russia has already failed. Putin's goal, as he himself said, was to destroy Ukraine as an independent and sovereign country. This goal has failed. A sovereign and independent Ukraine will last longer than Putin will live", he said. Blinken added that Russia, despite achieving some success in the...