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Keir Starmer<\/a> has rejected Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s characterisation of Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a \u201cdictator\u201d.<\/p>\n

The UK prime minister dismissed the claim by the US president in a call with his Ukrainian counterpart on Wednesday evening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to a Downing Street readout of that conversation, Starmer told Zelenskyy it was \u201cperfectly reasonable to suspend elections during wartime as the UK did during World War Two\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Trump issued the baseless claim that Ukraine started the current conflict with Russia, before stating Zelenskyy has an approval rating of 4 per cent.<\/p>\n

In response, Zelenskyy accused the US president of living in a \u201cdisinformation space\u201d created by Russian propaganda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A Downing Street spokesperson said: \u201cThe prime minister<\/a> spoke to president Zelensky this evening and stressed the need for everyone to work together.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe prime minister expressed his support for president Zelensky as Ukraine\u2019s democratically elected leader and said that it was perfectly reasonable to suspend elections during wartime as the UK did during World War Two.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kemi Badenoch<\/a>, the leader of the Conservative Party<\/a>, also rejected Trump\u2019s comments on Wednesday. In a statement posted to X, she insisted \u201cpresident Zelenskyy is not a dictator.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cHe is the democratically elected leader of Ukraine who bravely stood up to Putin\u2019s illegal invasion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cUnder my leadership, and under successive Conservative prime ministers, we have and always will stand with Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The row comes as the prime minister prepares to head to Washington next week for his first meeting with Trump since his inauguration in January.<\/p>\n

Downing Street noted that in his phone call with Zelenskyy, Starmer had \u201creiterated his support for the US-led efforts to get a lasting peace in Ukraine that deterred Russia from any future aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n

Josh Self is Editor of Politics.co.uk, follow him on Bluesky <\/i>here<\/i><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

Politics.co.uk is the UK\u2019s leading digital-only political website. <\/i>Subscribe to our daily newsletter<\/i><\/a> for all the latest news and analysis.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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