Notable Russian parliamentarians have said that a summit of European leaders in London on Sunday had produced no plan to settle the war in Ukraine. Writing on the Telegram messaging app, the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Russia’s upper house of parliament,

The French and British are calling for a month-long truce in the war between Moscow and Kyiv, but there's no sign that the United States is ready to support it.

Starmer has said he is positioning the U.K. as a bridge between the U.S. and the European Union, and Hewitt said Starmer will “try to keep both sides happy, and it may well end up alienating both sides in the process.”

Russian lawmakers dismissed a European leaders summit in London, claiming it lacked a concrete plan to resolve the Ukraine war. Konstantin Kosachev, head of Russias upper house Foreign Affairs Committee,