During a recent meeting in Budapest, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the UK’s support for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia remains ‘iron-clad.’ Starmer highlighted the importance of this support, framing the conflict as a challenge to shared democratic values. His comments come in light of apprehensions regarding potential changes in US military aid under a possible Trump presidency. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban echoed calls for European leaders to take greater responsibility for their own security instead of relying solely on the US.