Starmer says Putin cannot be allowed to 'play games' over Ukraine ceasefire

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

85% : It came as Putin praised Donald Trump for "doing everything" to improve relations between Moscow and Washington, after Trump said the US has had "very good and productive discussions" with Putin in recent days.
55% : In a post on Truth Social on Friday, however, Trump said there was a "very good chance" the war between Russia and Ukraine could "finally come to an end". Downing Street refused to set out precisely what goals the prime minister hoped to get from Saturday morning's meeting, saying it was "a fast-moving situation" with a large number of countries involved.
50% : The Washington Post reported on Friday the contents of an intelligence report circulated among Trump administration policymakers on 6 March, which stated that Putin remained determined to maintain control over Kyiv.
47% : The exchange of warm words between Trump and Putin is likely to cause further alarm in Kyiv and European capitals, already spooked by signs of the new US administration cosying up to Moscow while exerting pressure on Ukraine.
47% : Starmer will be expected to set out to the assembled leaders details of a plan, spearheaded by him and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, in the wake of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's disastrous White House meeting with Trump two weeks ago.
37% : "Reports of the alleged 'encirclement' of Ukrainian units by the enemy in the Kursk region are false and fabricated by the Russians for political manipulation and to exert pressure on Ukraine and its partners," the general staff wrote in a statement published on its media channels.
36% : "We know that the new administration headed by President Trump is doing everything to restore at least something of what was basically destroyed by the previous US administration," he said. Putin also responded to an appeal by Trump to save the lives of "thousands" of surrounded Ukrainian soldiers, and said he would heed it as long as the soldiers surrendered.
36% : Trump repeated Putin's claim, writing that thousands of troops had been "completely surrounded" during the retreat.
35% : " Ukrainian security sources, independent military analysts and even pro-Russian Telegram channels disputed the encirclement claims by Putin and Trump.
33% : Earlier on Friday, Trump said he had appealed to Putin to save the lives of "thousands of Ukrainian troops" supposedly surrounded by the Russian army.

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