The appeal came after a meeting of European leaders in Paris last week, where British Prime Minister accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “making a game” with US mediated peace conversations.
The British Prime Minister announced a meeting on Monday in the coming days, among the military commanders of his country, France, and Ukraine, to advance with the plans for sending a force to supervise a
Keir Strmer spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday to discuss his meeting last week at the Paris summit, where he was found “a real boost to support Ukraine in the long run,” a statement released by Downing Street (the British Prime Minister’s Office), the British Office), can be read.
“A meeting of the British, French and Ukrainian military leaders in the coming days would advance the next phase of detailed planning,” Stmerer said.
The appeal came after a meeting of European leaders in Paris last week, where British Prime Minister accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “making a game” with US mediated peace conversations.
Stmerer and Zelensky also remembered the third anniversary of the Ukrainian city’s liberation of Bucha, celebrated on Monday, and paid tribute to the “strength and courage” of their residents.
“His stories of suffering have been a painful recollection of Russian barbarism in the last three years,” said the Briton, who visited the site in 2023.
Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron announced at the end of the Paris summit of Ukraine that there will be a European security force in the country in case of peace.
The force will be ensured by “several European countries,” said Macron, quoted by the French agency AFP, without specifying which countries can participate.
According to Macron, it is not a peace maintenance force, nor forces present in the front lines, nor forces that replace the Ukrainian army.
These are forces that “will subscribe to long-term support and which will function as deterrent to potential Russian aggression,” he said.
The French president said he expected the US support for sending a European force, but also wants to prepare for a scenario without Washington.
