Starmer to present Trump plan for deploying European peacekeepers to Ukraine - Telegraph

The Prime Minister is expected to detail how European forces could police any ceasefire deal.

But he will urge Trump to have US fighter jets and missiles on standby in Eastern Europe to respond with lethal force if Russia breaks the terms of any armistice.

The Anglo-French strategy for a “reassurance force” was presented to Europe’s most powerful leaders at an emergency meeting in Paris earlier this week.

"It was drawn up amid fears that the US president would wash his hands of Ukraine and any ceasefire almost immediately after any deal is concluded," said The Telegraph.

Under the plan, fewer than 30,000 European-led troops will be deployed to Ukrainian cities, ports, and other critical infrastructure sites, such as nuclear power stations, far away from the current front lines.

"Rather than stationing a much bigger force in the war-torn country, the mission will rely on “technical monitoring”, including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, drones, and satellites”, a Western official said.

Naval patrol vessels would also be sent to the Black Sea to monitor threats to commercial shipping routes.

Troops deployment to Ukraine

Yesterday, on February 18, the Dutch Parliament adopted a resolution on possible peacekeeper deployment in Ukraine. Sweden also does not rule out sending peacekeepers.

Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, the head of the Ministry of Defense of Poland, believes that countries bordering Russia should not send their peacekeepers.