War in Ukraine: Westerners gather around JD Vance and the British Foreign Minister this Saturday

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and US Vice President JD Vance will host a meeting of European and US national security advisers on Saturday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer 's office announced.

This meeting will be "a crucial opportunity to discuss the progress needed to achieve a just and lasting peace" in Ukraine, they added. The British Prime Minister had previously spoken by telephone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky .

"The two leaders welcomed President Trump's commitment to ending this barbaric war and agreed that we must maintain pressure on Putin to end his illegal war," the statement added. It added that the Labor leader "reiterated his unwavering support for Ukraine and its people."

The meeting comes after the announcement of a summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15 in Alaska. The meeting will take place without Volodymyr Zelensky, who has continued to demand a say in the matter.

It is being hosted by Foreign Secretary David Lammy at his official residence in Chevening, Kent, where US Vice President JD Vance began his UK holiday on Friday. According to sources close to the British government, the talks are expected to last all day Saturday.