Tory MP and former foreign secretary James Cleverly urged the UK to increase its support to Ukraine in light of “reports that the USA is pulling support to Ukraine”.
While Downing Street remained silent, senior Conservative MPs, including Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, were among those to leap to the Ukrainian leader’s defence.
The SNP’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn also called on Sir Keir to withdraw the offer of a state visit made to Mr Trump during his visit to the White House on Thursday.
In a more conciliatory tone towards Trump, Ms Badenoch warned that it was important to remember the “villain is the war criminal President Putin who illegally invaded another sovereign country - Ukraine”.
Shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel said Mr Zelensky had “led Ukraine through its darkest hour.”.
