Reacting to the decision, Rayner told the BBC the Trump administration wanted Europe to step up and had been clear about its intentions to end the war in Ukraine. Rayner said the prime minister was also "laser-focused on getting peace". "He won't be derailed by announcements," Rayner told Radio 4's Today programme.

President Donald Trump on Monday evening hit pause on all U.S. aid to Ukraine, a show of force following last week’s dressing down of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office aimed at pressuring him back to the negotiating table.

President Donald Trump directed his administration to "pause" all military aid to Ukraine, two White House officials told ABC News on Monday, following last week's combative Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and with Trump pressuring Kyiv into accepting a peace deal to end Russia's invasion of the country.