Officials say the proposal would involve less than 30,000 troops and be concentrated on air and maritime defence

Summary

Britain and France are leading efforts to form a European “reassurance force” of under 30,000 troops to safeguard Ukraine’s air and maritime security postwar.

The force would help reopen Ukraine’s airspace and secure Black Sea trade but would not be deployed near the frontline.

A U.S. security “backstop” is considered essential, though Washington has ruled out sending its own troops. Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron will lobby Donald Trump for support.

Russia opposes any NATO presence in Ukraine, calling it unacceptable. The plan remains in its conceptual stage.

  • @workerONEEnglish
    20•2 days ago

    Just let them join NATO

    • The QuuuuuillEnglish
      18•2 days ago

      i think everyone in NATO who isn’t the United States is rightfully treating NATO like it’s not worth anything anymore given that the biggest force in it is unlikely to honor the treaties that make up NATO. what’s happening right now is re-alliance similar to what happened just prior to WWI

    • @[email protected]English
      8•2 days ago

      that ain’t gonna happen. not before russia is kicked out, and not ever with putin’s butt buddy claiming the throne in washington d.c.

      the only way ukraine survives at all, i think, is with european ‘boots on the ground’ now to drive out the russians before putin and that dicktator in a diaper get any more ‘plans’ made.

  • @A_AEnglish
    6•2 days ago

    My guess was for a first wave of 10k and I’m happy to see this 30k proposal … keeping in mind that, of course, things will escalate and we may rapidly see many more countries involved with numbers going to a few hundred thousand, to finally defeat the aggressor before it invades more territories.

    • @A_AEnglish
      4•1 day ago

      i understand you have a strong stance about the abuses that comes from the capitalist system and i will not try here to argue which system is the best.

      Yet, since this actual post is about the conflict in Ukraine, if you could express your stance about the conflict itself, (if you have a stance on it), i would appreciate.

      Best regards.