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Lord David Cameron is anticipated to warn the US is risking the safety of the West by holding up a brand new package deal of help for Ukraine.

He will make the purpose when he visits Washington DC subsequent week and has a gathering with Mike Johnson, the House of Representatives speaker, to cease his fellow Republicans from blocking the funding.

The UK has already pledged £2.5 billion in help earlier this 12 months to assist Kyiv tackle Russian forces and the EU has additionally vowed to provide £43 billion.

The £75 billion Bill put ahead by US President Joe Biden, together with safety help to Ukraine, is at the moment being blocked by the Republican facet of US Congress.

Lord Cameron and Stéphane Séjourné, his French counterpart, in a joint Telegraph article to mark Monday’s one hundred and twentieth anniversary of the Entente Cordiale alliance between the 2 nations.

They wrote: “We are both absolutely clear – Ukraine must win this war. If Ukraine loses, we all lose.

“The costs of failing to support Ukraine now will be far greater than the costs of repelling Putin. But, as discussed during the Paris Conference in February, we must do even more to ensure we defeat Russia. The world is watching – and will judge us if we fail.”

They added “it is not for France and Britain alone to solve these challenges” and “we can rally others to join us in overcoming them”.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Sunday that his nation will lose the battle if additional US funding is just not accepted.

In his earlier go to to Washington, Lord Cameron likened these blocking US help to Ukraine to individuals who appeased Nazi Germany within the Nineteen Thirties.

His remarks had been condemned by pro-Trump Republican Congress member Marjorie Taylor Greene, who informed him to “kiss my a**”.

The Foreign Secretary has just lately urged all Nato allies to extend their defence spending to 2% of gross home product (GDP), to organize for the potential for Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Mr Trump, an outspoken critic of Nato members who haven’t met their help commitments, has additionally expressed scepticism concerning the US offering help to Ukraine.

Lord Cameron can be anticipated to fulfill Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, and the pair are prone to talk about the battle in Gaza.

The UK and the US have hardened their method in direction of Israel in latest days after the killing of seven help staff, together with three Britons, by the Israel Defence Forces on April 1.

Lord Cameron on Sunday warned that the UK’s help for Israel was “not unconditional” in response to the air strikes, and beforehand known as for a full and clear investigation to comply with the IDF’s preliminary report into the incident.