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The contribution capabilities will vary, but this will be a significant force, with a significant number of countries providing troops and a larger group contributing in other ways,
It would be a long-term commitment, we are talking about years. As long as it takes to preserve a peace deal and deter Russia,
It is worth remembering that Russia didn't ask Ukraine when it deployed North Korean troops to the frontline last year."
Asked about Russian comments that The coalition of the willing, we expect more than 30 countries to be involved,
If you fail to get a peace in Europe, elsewhere in the world you could have implications, and there could be repercussions in the Pacific,
said the military source, explaining the interest of non-Europeans When I see these European officials throwing around figures, that they’re going to invest in this and they’re going to do this and this and this, it’s all hollow… they haven’t delivered to this day,
said Demetries Andrew Grimes, a decorated US special forces commander who fought in the second Gulf War With peacekeeping, you think of blue helmets, a UN mandate… which the Russians never respect and will not have a prayer of being successful in this case,
General Ben Hodges, a former commander of US forces in Europe, said They’re looking very seriously… at what is required, what countries can contribute,
said a senior military source with knowledge of the discussion, insisting on anonymity to speak freely I don’t think there is any consensus yet,
We saw in the Balkans and in Afghanistan, it was all support level activities that were inside the wire,
he said, referring to base-camp activities It needs to be a maximalist approach, so then we can see whether the US can provide any enablers,
I’m not going to make security guarantees beyond very much,
I can’t see any circumstances under which a European country would put forces in Ukraine while there’s still a war going on,
If it is a force that is intended to be in the zone of separation between the Russians and Ukrainians, that could be a substantially large number,
said Hodges, because the line of contact is currently 1,000km (621 miles) long, and because troops would have to be rotated in and out over a long period – perhaps years If a Russian drone comes flying overhead, then they need to be able to shoot it down immediately, not have to call Brussels or some capital to ask permission,
I don’t see conventional forces being brought in and supplied and supported… for at least six months or more,
We absolutely do not care under what label NATO contingents may be deployed on the territory of Ukraine: be it the European Union, NATO or in a national capacity,
I think it would be an extraordinary escalation for Russian troops to find themselves in conflict with British troops.”
But Mr Streeting told Sky News What Thursday is about, where the Prime Minister and the UK are convening military leaders from across allied countries, is about having a serious plan, a serious military strategy to secure a peace.”
I think a formed fighting force is a considerable risk without an American clear guarantee.”
