Baltic states took offence at London for not being invited to the meeting

The Baltic States are "very unhappy" that London did not invite their leaders to the summit on Ukraine to be held in the British capital on Sunday, 2 March. This was reported by Sky News with reference to a source in European diplomatic circles.

The interlocutor of the publication indicated that Moscow would "with interest" notice that Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were excluded from the list of participants in the summit. He also said that Starmer had scheduled telephone talks with representatives of the Baltic states, but that such an alternative was seen there as "a very poor substitute for a real meeting."

The three Baltic states, located on NATO's eastern flank on the border with Russia, are among Ukraine's biggest supporters. They are providing arms and financial aid to the Ukrainian armed forces to fight the Russian invasion.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will host the leaders of more than a dozen European countries at a summit in the UK to discuss Russia's war against Ukraine and European security. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will also attend the meeting.