More than 30 countries sign up to coalition of willing - as PM says 'significant force' backing Ukraine

The contribution capabilities will vary, but this will be a significant force, with a significant number of countries providing troops,

the spokesperson told reporters

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,

the spokesman said

It would be a long-term commitment, we are talking about years

Discussing the deployment of UK troops, a UK source told the Times

Those conditions that they have presented, it shows that they don’t really want peace, actually, because they are presenting as conditions all the ultimate goals that they want to achieve from this war,

she warned

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

Ben Hodgessir

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

It needs to be a maximalist approach, so then we can see whether the US can provide any enablers,

the source said

I don’t think there is any consensus yet,

said the military source

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

I’m not going to make security guarantees beyond very much,

he said on February 26.

I can’t see any circumstances under which a European country would put forces in Ukraine while there’s still a war going on,

said the source

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,

he said

I don’t see conventional forces being brought in and supplied and supported… for at least six months or more,

he said

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,

he said

We will be talking about land. We will be talking about power plants … We have a lot of it already discussed very much by both sides, Ukraine and Russia. We are already talking about that, dividing up certain assets."

He said

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