Leaders meet in London to support Ukraine amid drone escalation

On 7 June 2026, Volodymyr Zelenskyy travelled to London for talks at Downing Street with Starmer, Macron and Merz. The AP reported that the meeting took place as Russian strikes killed three people in Ukraine, and the Straits Times and Bangkok Post reported that a strike had hit a Ukrainian nuclear site.

Zelenskyy discussed an urgent need to scale up air defences with his allies, according to The Guardian. France 24 reported that the European leaders backed his call for direct talks with Russia, and German outlets described the meeting as an effort to restart Ukraine diplomacy and explore possibilities for negotiations. Al Jazeera described it as a four-way summit held while drone attacks escalated in the field.