Ukraine war live updates: UK and France to send defence chiefs to Kyiv as Starmer says Putin is 'playing for time'

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Summary

-Europe is mobilising on a scale "not seen for decades" to be ready to sustain a peace deal in Ukraine, Keir Starmer says at a summit of Kyiv's allies in Paris
-European countries will deploy a "reassurance force" to Ukraine after a peace deal is secured, Macron says
-Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls on the US to be stronger against Russia and to react to Moscow's violations of agreements
-Leaders at the Paris summit agree that now is not the time to lift sanctions on Russia
-Moscow said a maritime truce in the Black Sea announced on Tuesday would only begin once Western restrictions on Russia's food and fertiliser trade are lifted - Zelensky insists this isn't part of the ceasefire agreement
-Ukraine's allies have accused Russia of playing games with peace talks - "a classic from the Putin playbook," Starmer says