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'Viable' chance of ceasefire and 'reassurance force' ready to deploy, says Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer is chairing a meeting of the "coalition of the willing", a group of countries prepared to help police any future peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine.

He said a "military plan" is ready to do so once a ceasefire is agreed.

The Trump-Putin summit on Friday is "hugely important", he adds.

"For three-and-a-bit years this conflict has been going on and we haven't got anywhere near the prospect of actually a viable solution, a viable way of bringing it to a ceasefire - and now we do have that chance because of the work that the president has put in."

Nothing is guaranteed from the meeting in Alaska on Friday, Starmer added, but said the "coalition of the willing" is ready to deploy a "reassurance force" when the moment arises, or impose sanctions where needed.