UK's Lammy regrets "not doing more" for Ukraine ahead of Zelenskyy–Trump clash

Lammy made the remarks in an interview with The Guardian.

The British minister believes he could have done more to support the Ukrainian delegation ahead of their meeting with Trump.

“If I’m being honest, I felt, arrghhh!” Lammy says. “Why hadn’t I done more to support our Ukrainian colleagues in preparation for their meeting?”

He explained that the Ukrainian delegation was invited at the last minute, while the British side had been focused on their own meeting with Trump and didn’t have time to assist.

"I was being a bit hard on myself. But I still felt guilty," the foreign secretary added.

However, he noted that following the argument in the White House, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer invited Zelenskyy to London.

"That embrace with Keir – I still feel quite emotional when I think about it – was a moment where the whole world breathed a sigh of relief," Lammy recalled.

According to him, the embrace between Starmer and Zelenskyy on Downing Street became “epitome of Britain being back in the place the global community wants us: bridge building, a glue, with a history that helps connects us to much of the world.”