About ten countries have expressed their readiness to send their troops to Ukraine as part of a possible future peace agreement, Bloomberg reported, citing its sources.
According to them, a meeting of European representatives was held on August 19 to discuss a specific plan for sending British and French troops to Ukraine. The participants discussed the number and location of the military.
Earlier, in an interview with Fox News, US President Donald Trump said that while he is at the head of the US administration, there will be no American troops in Ukraine.
On August 18, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Russia does not accept any scenarios that involve the deployment of NATO contingents in Ukraine and that could lead to an uncontrolled escalation of the conflict.
The British-French plan to send a multi-thousand-strong military contingent to Ukraine to protect key cities, ports and critical infrastructure is unlikely to be implemented, The Times reported.
According to the newspaper, the deployment of British and French troops on the front line in Ukraine is considered an unlikely scenario. According to the publication, Washington fears that greater European involvement in the conflict in Ukraine could lead to an even more destructive war in the future.
It is noted that European military leaders have ten days to develop realistic security guarantees for Ukraine, which will be supported by the United States. It is assumed that the “coalition of the willing“ intends to focus on protecting Ukraine from air attacks, including by patrolling the country's airspace, demining the Black Sea, deploying instructors in the western part of the republic, and further supplies of weapons to strengthen the Ukrainian armed forces.
According to The Times, the United States and European countries may not give Kiev “military guarantees“, but instead conclude an agreement that will contain only “a threat of military intervention in the event of a violation of the deal“.