The trip comes as a senior Iranian official denied reports that Tehran had supplied Russia with ballistic missiles, information an EU spokesperson described as ‘credible’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken , left, speaks to Britain 's Foreign Secretary David Lammy as he arrives for a meeting at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, in London , on Sept. 10.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will discuss efforts to support Ukraine in its war against Russia , as well as the response to the conflict in the Middle East, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other U.K. officials in London on Tuesday.
The trip comes as a senior Iranian official denied reports that Tehran had supplied Russia with ballistic missiles, information a European Union spokesperson described as “credible”. Russian forces have been slowly advancing in eastern Ukraine. A month ago, Ukrainian troops launched their first major assault on Russian territory, capturing a swath of the Kursk region. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been pleading for Western nations to supply more long-range missiles and lift restrictions on using them to hit targets such as airfields inside Russia.
The administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who is running to succeed him, is under pressure from critics of the war to suspend some arms deliveries to Israel, Washington’s closest Middle East ally.
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