During a press conference after a virtual meeting with world leaders, Sir Keir Starmer says planning for a peacekeeping force for Ukraine will move to an "operational phase. The prime minister insists military chiefs will meet in London on Thursday to "put strong and robust plans in place to swing in behind a peace deal and guarantee Ukraine's future security". Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We won't sit back and wait for Putin to act.
00:04Instead, we will keep pushing forward.
00:08So the group I convened today is more important than ever.
00:12It brings together partners from across Europe,
00:15as well as Canada, Australia and New Zealand,
00:18with backing from others too, including Japan.
00:22We agreed we will keep increasing the pressure on Russia,
00:26keep the military aid flowing to Ukraine,
00:28and keep tightening restrictions on Russia's economy
00:32to weaken Putin's war machine and bring him to the table.
00:37And we agreed to accelerate our practical work
00:40to support a potential deal.
00:43So we will now move into an operational phase.
00:46Our militaries will meet on Thursday this week,
00:50here in the United Kingdom,
00:52to put strong and robust plans in place
00:55to swing in behind a peace deal
00:58and guarantee Ukraine's future security.
01:00The group that met this morning is a bigger group
01:03than we had two weeks ago.
01:04There is a stronger collective resolve
01:08and new commitments were put on the table this morning,
01:10both in relation to the coalition of the willing
01:15in terms of defending the deal,
01:17also in relation to the wider point,
01:19which is the collective defence and security of Europe.
01:22So more commitments on the table this morning
01:26and an agreement that we now move to the operational phase,
01:28which is why the talks on Thursday,
01:32the military talks, will become the next focal point.