UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said some 25 allied leaders agreed on Saturday to keep tightening restrictions on Russia’s economy in an effort to draw President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table to secure a cease-fire in its war with Ukraine.

The United States and its G7 allies warned Russia on Friday that failure to agree to a Ukraine ceasefire will lead to more sanctions and possible use of frozen Russian assets to fund Kyiv’s defense. The G7 foreign ministers issued the warning through a joint statement after their meeting in Canada,

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s response to a US-proposed ceasefire in Ukraine is “not good enough,” Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, after hosting a virtual summit aimed at drumming up support for Kyiv and piling pressure on Russia.