Starmer says Trump’s minerals deal is not enough of a security guarantee for Ukraine – video
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The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, said in parliament on Monday that Donald Trump’s proposed minerals deal would not provide a sufficient security guarantee for Ukraine. The Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, said Kyiv had agreed to sign a deal with the US and asked whether that would satisfy its security needs. Starmer replied: ‘The minerals deal is not enough on its own.’ He added: ‘Can I just remind him [Farage] that Russia is the aggressor, Zelenskyy is a wartime leader whose country has been invaded, and we should all be supporting him, not fawning over Putin’