Europe is drawing up “fairly exact plans” for a multinational troop deployment to Ukraine as a part of post-conflict safety ensures that may have the backing of US capabilities, European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen advised the Monetary Instances in an interview revealed Sunday.
“President Trump reassured us that there will likely be [an] American presence as a part of the backstop,” von der Leyen advised the FT, including that “That was very clear and repeatedly affirmed.”
The deployment is ready to incorporate doubtlessly tens of 1000’s of European-led troops, backed by help from the US, together with management and command programs and intelligence and surveillance belongings, the report stated, including that this association was agreed at a gathering between US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and senior European leaders final month.
European leaders, together with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, NATO Secretary-Normal Mark Rutte and von der Leyen are anticipated to assemble in Paris on Thursday, on the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, to proceed the high-level discussions on Ukraine, the FT reported, citing three diplomats briefed on the plans. — Reuters
