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I think it's premature to be talking about numbers."
Asked what the scale of a potential peacekeeping force could be and if the Government would be prepared to carry out a recruitment drive, he said Mobilising market power alongside improving our fighting power is how to deal with authoritarian states,
Europe and America must continue to work closely together – and I believe the UK can play a unique role in helping to make this happen,
Ukraine will have to be involved because they’re the one that were invaded. And the Europeans will have to be involved because they have sanctions on Putin and Russia as well and they’ve contributed to this effort.”
Still, Secretary of State Marco Rubio left the door open for European involvement in the wider discussions, telling CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday While NATO membership may take time, we should continue to support Ukraine’s irreversible path to joining the alliance.”
Where the US administration last week appeared to rule out a pathway to NATO membership for Ukraine, Starmer wrote They absolutely are and at the end of the day, though, this is going to be under President Trump's leadership that we get this war to an end,
There’s no doubt in my mind that the world is changing and that it’s reshaping, that it may not be reshaping in a way that’s congenial to the West and that it’s a very unsettled time indeed,
Now they may not like some of this sequencing that is going on in these negotiations but I have to push back on this ... notion that they aren't being consulted,
national security adviser Mike Waltz told Fox News Decades of the old relationship between Europe and America are ending,
Mr Zelensky said in an address on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference We must be clear that peace cannot come at any cost,
Ukraine must be a democratic, sovereign nation over whose heads no decisions are made,
The end of this war, when it comes, cannot merely become a temporary pause before Putin attacks again.”
The UK is ready to play a leading role in accelerating work on security guarantees for Ukraine. This includes further support for Ukraine’s military – where the UK has already committed £3 billion a year until at least 2030. But it also means being ready and willing to contribute to security guarantees to Ukraine by putting our own troops on the ground if necessary
While European nations must step up in this moment – and we will – US support will remain critical and a US security guarantee is essential for a lasting peace, because only the US can deter Putin from attacking again.”
The UK’s prime minister, who is due to visit President Trump in Washington later this month, said I do not say that lightly. I feel very deeply the responsibility that comes with potentially putting British servicemen and women in harm’s way,
We cannot have another situation like Afghanistan, where the US negotiated directly with the Taliban and cut out the Afghan government,
These crucial days ahead will determine the future security of our continent
I am heading to Paris today with a very clear message for our European friends
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