“France, Britain hold talks on sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine – The TelegraphMacron and Starmer are discussing the possibility of deploying French and British peacekeeping forces in Ukraine after a potential peace deal. The proposal arose against the background of expectations regarding Trump’s pressure to conclude peace between Ukraine and the Russian Federation.”, — write on: unn.ua
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It is noted that Macron supports this idea and has already discussed it with Volodymyr Zelenskyi, the president of Ukraine, and Donald Tusk, the prime minister of Poland.
The publication also adds that spokesmen for Downing Street and the Elysee Palace do not deny that Starmer and Macron discussed the possibility during a meeting in Checkers last week.
Officials in London and Paris are keeping the details of the talks secret. However, multiple senior British government sources stressed that Starmer had not yet fully considered the deal.
The Telegraph quoted one Whitehall source as saying: “There are issues about what we could support, what we would want to support, and the wider question of the threat these troops might be exposed to and whether it is an escalation.”
The proposal comes as European leaders grapple with how to continue to uphold Ukraine’s sovereignty, as US President-elect Donald Trump insists that Kyiv reach a peace deal with Russia.
It is noted that the public position of the British government is that Western allies should provide Zelensky with as much support as possible, and Ukrainians should decide when and if peace talks should be held.
In private conversations, ministers and officials speculate that Trump will force Ukraine and Russia to sit down at the negotiating table, and now attempts are being made to map out what will happen next.
One idea that is now increasingly debated, not only in public debate but also behind closed doors in Westminster, is whether Western troops can guarantee any kind of peace.
Thoughts revolve around the idea that Russia could keep the Ukrainian territories it seized as part of a peace agreement – although there is much uncertainty about this prospect.
If that happens, European leaders are considering what can be done to ensure that the rest of Ukraine is protected from any future Russian attacks.
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The head of the German Foreign Ministry, Annalena Berbock, announced her readiness to consider the participation of German peacekeepers in Ukraine. France and Great Britain are also discussing the possibility of deploying their troops to the front line.