European leaders are moving to translate US President Donald Trump’s support into a concrete security plan for Ukraine, with about 10 countries prepared to send troops as part of a future peace deal, APA reports citing Kyiv Post.
As per Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity, at a meeting on Tuesday, officials discussed the deployment of British and French soldiers, including the size and positioning of forces.
“About 10 countries would be ready to send forces to the war-battered nation,” the report reads.
“When it comes to security, they’re willing to put people on the ground,” Trump told Fox News. “We’re willing to help them with things, especially - probably you could talk about by air, because there’s nobody that has the kind of stuff we have, really they don’t have. But I don’t think it’s going to be a problem.”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt later told reporters that Trump understood the guarantees were “critically important to ensure a lasting peace.”
“He has directed his national security team to coordinate with our friends in Europe and also to continue to cooperate and discuss these matters with Ukraine and Russia as well,” she said.
Leavitt added that while Trump had ruled out US boots on the ground, Washington could “certainly help in the coordination and perhaps provide other means of security guarantees.”
European military officials are set to meet US counterparts in the coming days to work out “robust security guarantees and prepare for the deployment of a reassurance force if the hostilities ended,” the British government said.
