Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer welcomes displaced Ukrainians, hosts from the Homes For Ukraine scheme and charity representatives to Downing Street on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Hello, please sit down. How are you all?
00:17It's really fantastic to see you all here and I could hear the noise of
00:39people talking and chatting and children here as I came in so it's really a
00:45privilege to welcome you all here to Downing Street this afternoon and we
00:50must work for a lasting peace. One of my biggest fears is a ceasefire which is a
00:56temporary reprieve but simply gives Putin the space to come again and that
01:01would be the worst of outcomes. It must be a lasting peace for you, for your
01:06children and your children's children so that you can live as you should be able
01:12to live in a proud, safe and sovereign Ukraine, able to make sovereign decisions
01:18as a country about the alliances that Ukrainians want to make, the partnerships
01:25Ukrainians want and the way of life that Ukrainians want. So we will not
01:29falter in our support, we will not stop our efforts to end this war and we will
01:34not rest until the people of Ukraine can live peacefully and safely in their own
01:40country. So thank you for being here. I do hope I can have the privilege of seeing
01:46you here or elsewhere on an occasion where we are not celebrating another
01:51anniversary of this conflict but we are genuinely celebrating freedom and peace
01:57for Ukraine and for Europe. So thank you very much. Slava Ukraini!