UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday said that plans for allied countries to ensure a potential ceasefire in Ukraine are “coming together,” after a meeting of senior military planners from countries interested in his proposed coalition
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday said that plans for allied countries to ensure a potential ceasefire in Ukraine are “coming together,” after a meeting of senior military planners from countries interested in his proposed coalition.
Around 25 to 30 military leaders gathered at a military base near London to discuss ways to secure any agreement aimed at ending the fighting in Ukraine.
After the talks, Starmer emphasised that the discussions aimed to convert the “political intention” of security guarantees for Ukraine into tangible “reality,” focusing on transforming concepts into actionable plans.
“Whether that’s in relation to what might happen at sea or air or defending borders, and those plans are coming together,” AFP quoted Starmer as saying.
His comments came after he said earlier in the day that any peace deal would need to be “defended” to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from violating it.
“If there’s a deal, it has to be defended, because there (have) been deals in the past that haven’t had security arrangements and Putin’s taken no notice of them,” Sky News quoted Starmer as saying.
Starmer has been spearheading efforts to e