Britain ready to send troops and aircraft for peace in Ukraine, Prime Minister Starmer says

Starmer also stressed that a peace that "rewards the aggressor" cannot be achieved.

"We will not give Putin the opportunity to resume this war. European leaders support us in this. I must say that we are ready to do everything, including using our military personnel as peacekeepers, because this is the only way to peace," he stressed.

Starmer also added that the United Kingdom is ready to increase its military assistance to Ukraine "like never before."

Peacemakers for Ukraine

As the Financial Times reported, on February 18, during an emergency summit of leaders in Paris, Macron proposed deploying European peacekeeping forces behind the future demarcation line, rather than directly on it.

Italy, Britain, Latvia, and Germany had previously expressed their readiness to send peacekeeping units to Ukraine. However, Poland immediately announced that it did not plan to involve its troops.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed that the deployment of troops by European partners in Ukraine could be one of the most effective means of putting pressure on Russia to achieve peace. At the same time, he noted that the peacekeeping mission should not replace Ukraine's membership in NATO.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to present a peacekeeping plan to US President Donald Trump, which involves the deployment of 30,000 European troops in Ukraine.