Britain signs deal to deploy troops to Ukraine
THE TELEGRAPH
Britain will deploy boots on the ground in Ukraine as part of a proposed ceasefire deal backed for the first time by the United States.
A joint declaration for the “multinational force”, to help uphold any peace agreement and prevent another invasion by Russia, was signed by Sir Keir Starmer, with France and Ukraine, on Tuesday.
The deal includes Britain and France setting up military “hubs” in Ukraine to facilitate troop deployments if needed, and to also help with reconstruction efforts.
The plan has the support of the US, which has now offered a “backstop” to support the European troops in the event of a future war with Russia.
European leaders described the intervention as game-changing shortly before the deal was announced.
It comes amid mounting tension between Europe and the US over Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland, a territory of Nato-member Denmark, and questions over the legality of his operation to arrest Nicolás Maduro, the former Venezuelan dictator.
On Tuesday, European leaders and Mr Trump’s lead negotiators – Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner – held a rare joint press conference in Paris to announce details of the new commitments.
However, an end to the war still depends on Moscow agreeing to a wider ceasefire plan that Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, has so far refused to sign up to.
Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, warned a ceasefire could still be “six weeks or six months” away.
‘Very, very big milestone’
The “declaration of intent” signed in Paris paves a legal pathway for British and French forces to operate on Ukrainian soil to help rebuild the war-torn nation’s armed forces – and police its skies and seas.
At a meeting of the “coalition of the willing”, the US agreed for the first time to “to support the force in case of attack”, according to a statement signed by around 40 leaders of European governments and Canada.
Washington has also promised to lead a high-tech operation to monitor any ceasefire line, agreed between Ukraine and Russia, to attribute blame for any violations.
Sir Keir said: “In today’s discussions, we have … gone into greater detail about the mechanics of the deployment of the force on the ground.
“Alongside our plans for a co-ordination cell, post-ceasefire, the UK and France will also establish ‘military hubs’ across Ukraine to enable the deployment and build protected facilities for weapons and military equipment to support Ukraine’s defensive needs.”
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