UK PM Starmer says coalition of the willing ready to implement Ukraine plans if ceasefire reached

He tells Zelensky and Vance that military plans “are now ready” if ceasefire comes

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that the "coalition of the willing" group of countries was ready to implement the military plans it has been working on to support Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire in its war with Russia.

In a call with the coalition, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and US Vice President JD Vance, Starmer said that the military plans "are now ready, in a form that can be used if we get to that ceasefire," ahead of talks between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday.

Starmer said that, in an earlier call with Trump, they had made "real progress" on security guarantees for Ukraine to ensure any peace would be lasting.