Military leaders to meet on UK-France 'coalition of the willing' plan for Ukraine

A U.K.-France-led "coalition of the willing" is bringing unneurotic elder subject officers from crossed the globe to devise a program for a peacekeeping unit successful Ukraine. 

France and the U.K. are the lone 2 countries successful the conjugation that person said they would beryllium consenting to nonstop troops, but Canada, Australia, Finland and different European nations are said to beryllium unfastened to being involved, according to the Associated Press (AP). However, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said this week that the conjugation is entering its "operational phase."

As of now, it is not wide precisely however galore troops volition beryllium connected the ground, but according to the AP, officials accidental it volition beryllium betwixt 10,000 and 30,000.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) are pictured. (Reuters/AP)

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President Donald Trump had abstracted conversations this week with Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron astir the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. 

"He reiterated that each indispensable enactment unneurotic to enactment Ukraine successful the strongest imaginable presumption to unafraid a conscionable and lasting peace," a spokesperson for Starmer told Reuters successful notation to the telephone with Trump. 

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and France's President Emmanuel Macron clasp a gathering during a acme astatine Lancaster House successful cardinal London, Britain, connected March 2, 2025. (JUSTIN TALLIS/Pool via REUTERS)

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Macron besides said helium spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who the French person says "demonstrated courage" successful his acceptance of the U.S. deal. 

"We indispensable present determination guardant with each our partners to contiguous a factual bid plan. A bid program that provides beardown information guarantees for Ukraine. A bid program that ensures lasting bid successful Ukraine and Europe. A bid program that prevents Russia from attacking again," Macron wrote successful a station connected X.

Russia has rejected the thought of troops from NATO nations being based successful Ukraine arsenic portion of this deal, according to the AP. 

Throughout the war, the Kremlin has made wide its stance against Ukraine joining NATO. Earlier this week, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko reiterated this stance with a Russian paper. Reuters reported that Grushko said the Kremlin demanded an "ironclad" warrant that Ukraine would not beryllium successful NATO. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Sputnik/Alexei Danichev/Pool via REUTERS/Leah Millis/Alina Smutko)

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Trump, who has promised to extremity the three-year war, besides spoke with Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin this week. In a station connected Truth Social, Trump said his telephone with Zelenskyy was "very good," and added that the 2 discussed his telephone with Putin.

"Much of the treatment was based connected the telephone made yesterday with President Putin successful bid to align some Russia and Ukraine successful presumption of their requests and needs," Trump wrote.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt elaborate Trump and Putin’s telephone successful a statement. She said that the 2 agreed the warfare "needs to extremity with a lasting peace." Trump and Putin besides seemingly discussed the request for improved U.S.-Russian relations.