Published on
Twenty-six countries are ready to send either troops to Ukraine as part of a reassurance force or to provide assistance on land, at sea, or in the air as part of future security guarantees, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday following a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing.
The French president reiterated that international troops would not be deployed in contact areas but “in geographical areas that are currently being defined.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the number of countries willing to participate in the post-war reassurance force as a “victory”.
“We are counting on a US backstop,” he said. “The exact American contribution will be specified in the coming days.”
The two leaders spoke from the Élysée Palace in Paris, following a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing on Thursday morning in which 35 countries were represented.
They then debriefed US President Donald Trump on the talks in the early afternoon.
Our journalists are working on this story. Check back later for updates.