The Prime Minister spoke with President of the European Council, Charles Michel, this afternoon. Both leaders agreed on the importance of continued close cooperation and a united UK-EU response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Prime Minister thanked the President of the European Council for his work on this to date. They also condemned the barbaric attacks on civilians, including in Mariupol over the weekend, and agreed that Putin posed a grave threat to wider European security and must be stopped. Ahead of this week’s NATO and G7 meetings, both the Prime Minister and the President o…