On Tuesday, Ukraine accepted a US-backed ceasefire proposal, raising hopes that it might lead to the end of the war with Russia, which has been raging on for over three years. However, one of the key mediators of the deal was neither US President Donald Trump nor Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, who made Trump and Zelenskyy come to terms just weeks after their embarrassing public spat.
According to Politico, on Tuesday morning, Starmer sent two WhatsApp messages, one to Trump and the other to Zelenskyy. The British premier congratulated the two world leaders for agreeing on a ceasefire plan and restoring the vital flow of military aid and intelligence from Washington to Kyiv.
As per the report, Starmer and one of his advisers had been working intensively behind the scenes for the past week on a draft of the ceasefire deal. “I am pleased that we made progress,” Starmer reflected on Wednesday, speaking in the British parliament. “And I’m extremely pleased that support has been put in back by the US for Ukraine,” he added. While things have come a long way since the fight between Trump and Zelenskyy, here’s a look at how Starmer became a key mediator between the two.
Navigating the fight
On February 28, the world was shocked after they watched Trump and Vice President JD Vance publically berating their guest, the Ukrainian president, in front of the media at the White House. While Vance frequently asked Zelenskyy whether he has been grateful for the American support, Trump went on to claim that the Ukrainian leader was “ gambling with World War Three.”
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