Nigel Farage breaks silence on Trump and Zelensky row - declares real 'winner'

Nigel Farage has reacted to the furious row that erupted between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House last night.

The Reform UK leader took to X to write: "The spat in the White House last night is regrettable and will make Putin feel like the winner. But this is not the end of the story, far from it.

"A peace deal is essential and Ukraine needs the right security guarantees."

Mr Farage has joined the leader of the Conservatives, Kemi Badenoch, and Ed Davy, the head of the Liberal Democrats, in making a comment from UK politicians.

But so far Downing Street has remained broadly neutral, simply issuing a statement that the Prime Minister had spoken to both Mr Trump and Mr Zelensky after the Oval Office showdown.

Conservative leader Ms Badenoch called for "respectable diplomacy" following the meeting, and said a "divided West only benefits Russia".

The Prime Minister meanwhile faced calls from SNP leader Stephen Flynn to backtrack on the offer of the second state visit for Mr Trump following the terse exchange with Mr Zelensky in the White House.

"Starmer had better get back up off his knees and revoke that offer of a state visit", the MP wrote on X.

As well as the meeting with Mr Zelensky, Sunday will see the Prime Minister meet separately with Italy's Giorgia Meloni and chair a call with the Baltic countries - Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia - before hosting the summit.

Mr Zelensky, Mr Macron and Ms Meloni have been invited to the summit along with leaders from Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Turkey, Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Romania, as well as the Nato secretary general and the presidents of the European Commission and European Council.

They will discuss the next steps in planning for security guarantees if a Ukraine peace deal is reached - something Sir Keir believes will have to involve the US.

The leaders will consider how to strengthen Ukraine's current position, with military support and increased economic pressure on Russia.

The UK wants US military assets to provide surveillance, intelligence and - potentially - warplanes providing air cover to deter Russian president Vladimir Putin from launching another bid to conquer his neighbour.