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Add as preferred source on GoogleUK PM Starmer and Ukraine's Zelenskiy discuss ceasefire progress with Russia. UK supports Trump's efforts for a lasting peace. Putin agrees to halt attacks on energy facilities.
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday evening, discussing progress U.S. President Donald Trump had made towards a ceasefire talks with Russia, Downing Street said.
Zelenskiy provided an update on the frontline situation, and Starmer reiterated Britain's "unwavering support," according to the statement.
Earlier, PA Media, citing Starmer's office, reported Britain welcomed the "progress" Trump has made towards a ceasefire in Ukraine and said negotiations must lead to a "just and lasting peace."
Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Tuesday to temporarily stop attacking Ukrainian energy facilities but declined to endorse a full 30-day ceasefire Trump hoped would be the first step toward a permanent peace deal.
Ukraine said it would support the scaled-back agreement, which would require both countries to hold off on firing on each other's energy infrastructure for 30 days.
"I think it will be right that we will have a conversation with President Trump and we will know in detail what the Russians offered the Americans or what the Americans offered the Russians," Zelenskiy told reporters during an online briefing.
Since Russia's full-scale 2022 invasion, the war has killed or wounded hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions and reduced entire towns to rubble.
(Reporting by Catarina Demony and Rajveer Singh Pardesi; Editing by Chris Reese)
The main topic is the discussion between UK PM Starmer and Ukraine's Zelenskiy on the progress of ceasefire talks with Russia.
Trump has made progress towards a ceasefire, with Putin agreeing to halt attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities.
The UK welcomes the progress and supports negotiations leading to a just and lasting peace.
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