Zelensky turns to Britain in his hour of need

***The Telegraph reports:***

Volodymyr Zelensky [visits Downing Street today](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/10/09/volodymyr-zelensky-flies-to-london-talks-sir-keir-starmer/), more than two and a half years on from [Russia’s invasion of Ukraine](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/russia-ukraine-war/), with support in the West for his war against the Kremlin starting to fracture.

Even Joe Biden and his supposedly hawkish White House staff were [less than impressed with Mr Zelensky’s “Victory Plan](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/03/western-indifference-hung-zelensky-out-dry-ukraine-russia/)”, which US officials complained was more a wishlist for weapons than a strategic masterpiece to defeat the Kremlin.

And despite pressure from Downing Street, [Mr Biden also ignored Mr Zelensky’s pleas](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/09/28/zelensky-plan-convince-biden-ukraine-storm-shadow-russia/) to be allowed to fire Western missiles at Russia.

[Western missiles striking Russian targets](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2024/09/13/joe-biden-ukraine-atacms-missiles-storm-shadows/) is central to Mr Zelensky’s vision of how Ukraine will win the war.

Unnamed European and US sources have been briefing for the past 10 days that it may be time to cut a deal with the Kremlin, with Russia advancing along the front line and [Vladimir Putin scoring diplomatic wins in Africa](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/04/ukraine-russia-diplomacy-geopolitics/), South Asia and the Middle East, critical for pushing international agendas.

**Read more:** [**https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/10/10/zelensky-turns-to-britain-in-his-hour-of-need/**](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/10/10/zelensky-turns-to-britain-in-his-hour-of-need/)

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That pillock is untrustworthy, also not the sharpest knife in the drawer.