Sir Keir Starmer reiterated the UK’s “commitment to Ukraine being on an irreversible path to Nato” in a call with Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, Downing Street has said.
The UK prime minister spoke out after US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said this week that the US “does not believe that Nato membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement”. US President Donald Trump later said it was not a “practical” proposal.
Starmer highlighted that Kyiv’s accession to the alliance at some point in the future had been “agreed by allies at the Washington Summit last year”, a No 10 spokesperson said.
Stressing Britain’s “concrete support for Ukraine, for as long as it’s needed”, Starmer told Zelenskyy that “Ukraine needed strong security guarantees, further lethal aid and a sovereign future, and it could count on the UK to step up,” Downing Street added.
The pair agreed to stay in close contact.
