Starmer: UK Is “Ready” To Send Troops To Ukraine

The BBC reports:

Sir Keir Starmer has said he is “ready and willing” to put UK troops on the ground in Ukraine to help guarantee its security as part of a peace deal. The UK prime minister said securing a lasting peace in Ukraine was “essential if we are to deter Putin from further aggression in the future”.

Ahead of an emergency summit with European leaders in Paris on Monday, Sir Keir said the UK was prepared to contribute to security guarantees to Ukraine by “putting our own troops on the ground if necessary”.

“I do not say that lightly,” he wrote in the Daily Telegraph. “I feel very deeply the responsibility that comes with potentially putting British servicemen and women in harm’s way.”

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⚡Starmer open to deploying British troops for Ukraine peacekeeping effort.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer wrote in an article for the Telegraph on Feb. 16. that he did not take lightly the idea of placing British servicemen and women in harm’s way.

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— The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) February 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM