cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/63341831
“At some point, Ukraine will sign a ceasefire agreement; at some point, hopefully, a peace treaty with Russia. Then it may be that part of Ukraine’s territory is no longer Ukrainian,” Merz told students at the Carolus-Magnus-Gymnasium in Marsberg, a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, on Monday.


UK and France could send troops, or just tell Poland they’re free to do what they want.
I don’t know whether Poland’s military is as good as the combination of the UK and France, but the purpose of limiting the number of European countries involved is to prevent Putin from saying he is being overwhelmed and must go nuclear.