Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Europe needs to do more, better

UK offers peacekeeping troops to Ukraine ahead of Paris talks

  • UK could send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine
  • Sweden says it would consider joining a peacekeeping force
  • European leaders to meet in Paris
  • French official says Europe must do more
LONDON/PARIS, Feb 17 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has become the first European leader to say he is ready to put peacekeeping troops in Ukraine, making the commitment ahead of an emergency leaders' meeting in Paris to discuss Europe's role in a ceasefire.

Starmer's comments underlined a growing realization among European nations that they will likely have to play a larger role in ensuring Ukraine's security as Washington works alone with Russia on a potential end to the three-year conflict.

Starmer, who is expected to travel to Washington to meet Trump next week, said on Sunday that Europe was facing a "once in a generation moment" for the collective security of the continent, and it must work closely with the United States.

He said Britain was ready to play a leading role in delivering security guarantees for Ukraine, including being ready to put "our own troops on the ground if necessary."

The end of this war, when it comes, cannot merely become a temporary pause before Putin attacks again," he wrote in the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Putin won’t stop until he is dead if that means a 4-5 year break so be it but his aim is making Ukraine a part of russia he fancies himself as a tsar Nicolas he basically laid it all out in the Tucker “interview “.

Anonymous said...

Are you sure you don't mean Peter the Great? Don't worry your head about Putin. Zelensky ingratiated himself with the Democrats, and that is what Trump means by saying Ukraine started the war.
When you come right down to it, this is a religious war: Roman Catholic Russia influenced by Poland against Orthodox Russia.
Not to mention the specter of NATO.
If you're so fond of the Ukrainians, I would think you would want to stop them from being killed.


Lynn Anderson said...

Putin wants to weaken and disrupt Ukraine’s ties with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), stymieing Ukrainian nationalism, and expanding territorial gains. He wants the country. It's that simple. He's an invader and a killer.

Anonymous said...

What are you talking about? Ukraine is not part of NATO. Ukraine was always part of Russia. Tne US is afraid of Russia, and jealous as well. That will never change.

Lynn Anderson said...

@2:52...you do have trouple with reading comprehension. Did I say Ukraine was a part of NATO? GO BACK TO 6TH GRADE, OK!