Western officials say possible Anglo-French force would also not rely on US systems or technology such as Starlink
British troops and their European allies would be allowed to fire back if attacked by Russians when potentially stationed as peacekeepers in Ukraine after a ceasefire, western officials said.
The Anglo-French led stabilisation force would also not rely on US systems or technology, such as Elon Musk’s Starlink, and is expected to be almost exclusively European if deployed.
“Clearly we will protect our forces against any aggression,” an official familiar with the plans said, though they emphasised that western troops in Ukraine would engage in a manner that was “defensive in nature”.
Details emerged as the UK and France set out Exercise Koalicja, which will take place later this month in Poland. It is an 11-country rehearsal of how European militaries could deploy rapidly to Ukraine if the war comes to an end.
As the article said, this is completely hypothetical. This is concrete. Europe should propose this to Putin. Russia will withdraw from all land it seized from Ukraine after the 2022 invasion. NATO would be dissolved and replaced with a European alliance. Ukraine and Canada would be permitted to join but not the US. All sanctions against Russia will be lifted. Russia will not be required to pay reparations. If Putin doesn’t accept the proposal, the UK and France would send troops to Ukraine.
“duh!!” – they added
Why would Russia agree to this when the entire purpose of the conflict is to keep NATO out of Ukraine after the 2014 coup?
NATO has been arming Ukraine as a proxy this entire time. They’re not a third party in any sense.
It’s going to be Turkey or some other second rate power.
