Overview

• Officials confirmed flags will fly on Sunday to mark 34 years since Ukraine left the Soviet Union, including above No 10.
• Sites include the Cabinet Office at 70 Whitehall, the Treasury at 100 Parliament Street, the Scotland and Wales Offices, and the main Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence buildings.
• A government spokesperson said the UK stands in solidarity with Ukrainians, including those living in Britain, in the face of continued Russian aggression.
• The announcement was paired with the Prime Minister’s Washington trip to rally allies for a just and lasting peace, with meetings at the White House involving Volodymyr Zelensky, NATO secretary general Mark Rutte and Emmanuel Macron.
• After those meetings, President Donald Trump said he had begun arranging talks between Vladimir Putin and Zelensky, a claim contradicted by Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, who told NBC there was no meeting planned.