Wes Streeting urges US to back Ukraine on Washington visit after Starlink row
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- The Guardian Worldseen 18 Oct, 13:29description edited
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UK defence secretary trying to cool tensions and is arguing it is in America’s economic interests to support Kyiv Wes Streeting urged the US to stand by Ukraine on his visit to the American capital and sought to cool tensions between the two countries in the wake of the Starlink row that is threatening to set back Kyiv’s war effort. The British defence secretary, giving a speech before a meeting with his US counterpart, Pete Hegseth, argued that supporting Ukraine was in the long-term interests...UK defence secretary says he has been ‘reassured directly’ counterpart Pete Hegseth that Starlink system has been restored as he seeks to cool tensions Wes Streeting urged the US to stand by Ukraine on his visit to the American capital and sought to cool tensions between the two countries in the wake of the Starlink row that is threatening to set back Kyiv’s war effort. The British defence secretary, giving a speech before a meeting with his US counterpart, Pete Hegseth, argued that supporting...
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Thu, 15 October 2026
2 reports- Le Monde (France)19:01first to report
Dans un contexte de tensions croissantes entre les Etats-Unis et l’Ukraine, Wes Streeting a estimé que l’allié ukrainien « contribuera à la puissance américaine ».
- The Guardian World23:49edited after publishing
UK defence secretary says he has been ‘reassured directly’ counterpart Pete Hegseth that Starlink system has been restored as he seeks to cool tensions Wes Streeting urged the US to stand by Ukraine on his visit to the American capital and sought to cool tensions between the two countries in the wake of the Starlink row that is threatening to set back Kyiv’s war effort. The British defence secretary, giving a speech before a meeting with his US counterpart, Pete Hegseth, argued that supporting...
Fri, 16 October 2026
1 report- Anadolu Agency (AA)02:02
Wes Streeting urges two countries to ‘come together to think boldly and to act decisively’