Coalition prepared plans for troop deployment in Ukraine if needed — Starmer

“We’ve had a political process involving national leaders, and a military process involving defense planners. We’ve said we want to develop military plans to ensure security in the air, at sea, and on land, as well as to boost Ukraine’s capabilities,” he said.

Starmer noted that the coalition now has military plans in place for each of those domains.

The British prime minister clarified that the plans provide for the deployment of military personnel in Ukraine, if needed.

“But at this moment, the priority is whether we can achieve a just and lasting peace,” he stressed.

On Sept. 4, a meeting of the coalition of the willing was held in Paris with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in attendance. The participants discussed possible future security guarantees for Ukraine aimed at ensuring a fair and durable peace.

The 26 member states of the coalition officially agreed to form a support force that could be deployed in Ukraine as soon as a ceasefire is reached — whether in the form of a truce or a peace agreement.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the troop deployment plan, developed by European military command, envisions the creation of two separate ground-based units.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has threatened that Russia would consider any foreign troops on Ukrainian soil as “legitimate targets.”