LONDON (AFP) — UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday warned that European security faces a once-in-a-generation moment at the start of Ukraine crisis talks in London, just days after a Kyiv-Washington clash.

Eighteen allies gathered on the key question of security guarantees for Ukraine, especially after US President Donald Trump berated his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, in an unprecedented White House blow-up.

Summit host Starmer, sitting next to Zelensky and in front of the flags of Ukraine and European nations, said it was “a once-in-a-generation moment for the security of Europe and we all need to step up.”

“I hope you know that we are all with you and the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes. Everyone around this table,” he told the Ukrainian leader.

Zelensky was embraced by some of the 18 other top leaders, including Starmer, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NATO chief Mark Rutte.

It was a stark contrast to Zelensky’s unusually heated Friday meeting with Trump in Washington, where he was berated by the American leader and accused of not being “ready” for peace with Russia.

Speaking ahead of the summit in London, Starmer said “nobody wants to see” scenes like Zelensky and Trump’s Oval Office clash.

“We have to find a way that we can all work together. Because, in the end, we’ve had three years of bloody conflict. Now we need to get to that lasting peace,” Starmer told the........

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