Starmer says Putin "trying to delay" talks, Ukraine won’t recognize occupied territories as Russian

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told a virtual meeting of about 25 world leaders on Saturday that they had to be prepared to defend any Ukraine peace deal themselves, urging them to keep up pressure on Russia.

"If (Russian President Vladimir) Putin is serious about peace, it's very simple, he has to stop his barbaric attacks on Ukraine and agree to a ceasefire," Starmer told the video call of leaders from Europe and nations including Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

"My feeling is that sooner or later, he's going to have to come to the table and engage in serious discussion," Starmer said, adding, "Putin is the one trying to delay.”

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that the question of ceding territory in Ukraine's war with Russia was "complicated" and should be discussed in detail at a later date.

He also said Ukraine would never recognize occupied territory as Russian and that he wasn't aware of what exactly U.S. and Russian officials discussed during recent talks in Moscow.

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