Healey stressed that the work of the coalition of the willing — allies of Ukraine pledged to offer security in the event of a ceasefire — was being “regularly refreshed so that we can genuinely feel we’re ready at the point of peace, whenever that comes, to step in and help secure that.”
The headquarters of the coalition is now up and running in Paris, and includes senior British military personnel.
Healey made his comments following a meeting of the Joint Expeditionary Force in Bodø where they signed a new partnership with Ukraine.
Putin has not budged since a planned meeting with Trump in Hungary was canceled, and the U.S. president decided to sanction Russia’s two largest oil companies. Tensions have only grown between the U.S. and Russia since, with both sides threatening to resume nuclear weapons testing.
At his recent meeting with Xi Jinping, Trump said China and the U.S. are working together on ending the war in Ukraine, but “sometimes, you have to let them fight.”