Estonia is ready to send its troops to Ukraine in a possible peacekeeping mission after the closure of the ceasefire, Prime Minister Kristen Michal informed about it. TASR took information from DPA and ERR News. In the event of a ceasefire, the government would be ready to deploy one company of ground forces together with instructors and staff officers. Parliament would have to agree with the posting.
“The security of Ukraine is the security of Europe,” Michal said. “Independent, sovereign Ukraine belonging to the European family is the best strategic guarantee against Moscow’s imperialism for all of us. We must show that we can put good ideas into practice, ”he said.
The Estonian Prime Minister stressed that the best way of security guarantees for Ukraine is NATO membership. “If the membership (Ukraine) in NATO will require time, deterioration and defense measures must be secured through the Allied forces located in Ukraine,“He said in a statement.
Talks about the possible deployment of soldiers in Ukraine in order to supervise the future ceasefire with Russia is led by Britain and France with approximately 30 countries, which make up the so -called. coalition willing.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, along with French President Emmanuel Macron, claims that such a group of states, along with US support, is needed to provide Ukraine with security guarantees and discourage Russia from a possible break of ceasefire. How many participating states would be willing to send its troops is unknown. The idea of sending its troops has already been rejected by Poland with the argument that it was bordering on Russia. Moscow rejects the deployment of European forces in Ukraine.
