UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday said he does not accept that United States under President Donald Trump was an unreliable ally, but stressed that Europe must continue to fund Ukraine to back it amid the ongoing war with Russia.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer told a press conference that he still regarded America as a 'reliable ally'. He added: 'I do not accept that the US in an unreliable ally, there are no two countries as closely aligned as our two countries.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told leaders gathered Sunday for a summit on the war in Ukraine that they need to step up and continue to support Kyiv, and meet a “once in a generation moment”

It also puts further pressure on European allies as they scramble to find a common position and fill the void left by Washington. Prior to Zelenskiy, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited Washington to push Trump to offer US support for a European “backstop” to protect Ukraine from further attacks.