Ukraine war latest: Putin welcomes ‘dear friend’ to Kremlin; Ukraine accuses Russia of breaking ceasefire within hours

Ukraine now the ‘frontline for Western values’ The battle lines in Ukraine are the “front line for Western values”, Sir Keir Starmer has said. “This isn’t just a fight for freedom and democracy in Ukraine,” the UK prime minister said on the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s surrender. “No, it’s a new, more dangerous era of history, a period of global instability that fuels insecurity for working people here at home.” The UK has committed to spend 2.5% of GDP – a measure of a state’s wealth – on defence from April next year, rising to 3% over the next…