Sir Keir Starmer will visit Ukraine for the first time since becoming Prime Minister to discuss the possibility of British troops being part of a post-war peacekeeping force.

Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, is expected to meet Sir Keir in the coming weeks.

Mr Zelensky announced the plan for the meeting, Sir Keir’s first visit to the country in over six months, after speaking to allies at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Thursday, Bloomberg reported. It is not known exactly when the trip is scheduled.

Speaking to reporters about plans for foreign troops being sent to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force after the war with Russia has ended, Mr Zelensky said: “The British look at it positively, but I will talk in detail with the Prime Minister about it at our meeting. 

“He will be visiting Ukraine, he will have a visit to Ukraine, and we will talk.”