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03/20/2025March 20, 2025
Military chiefs meet in Britain to talk peacekeeping force
While European leaders are meeting in Brussels, military chiefs from countries keen to help protect an eventual ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine will meet in the United Kingdom.
UK Prime Minister is seeking to assemble a coalition of countries that would be willing to help protect any eventual ceasefire deal reached by Moscow and Kyiv.
The British government said around 30 countries had pledged to be involved in some way, while a “significant number” were also open to deploying troops — something the UK and France have also said they would be willing to do.
Thursday’s gathering of military chiefs is expected to see planning for such a peacekeeping force move into an “operational phase,” according to the British prime minister.
Starmer said over the weekend that the meeting would “put strong and robust plans in place to swing in behind a peace deal and guarantee Ukraine’s future security.”
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03/20/2025March 20, 2025
Zelenskyy to address EU leaders at Brussels summit
Leaders from the EU’s 27 member states are meeting in Brussels to discuss further support for Ukraine in the .
Ukrainian President is set to open the summit with a speech delivered via videolink.
The bloc’s members, with the exception of Hungary, are expected to agree to a text which backs Ukrainian independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, and urges Russia to “show real political will” to end the conflict.
EU leaders are also set to address European Commission proposals to boost military spending and buy more European arms.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Wednesday that she would present a proposal to provide Kyiv with 2 million rounds of large-caliber artillery ammunition for its defense.
The summit comes a day after US President Donald Trump held a phone call with Zelenskyy, in which the that could see energy infrastructure spared from attacks.
It was their first conversation since a disastrous exchange in the Oval Office at the end of last month.
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Welcome to our coverage
EU leaders are meeting in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to discuss, among other things, boosting the bloc’s military capabilities amid uncertainty about future US defense support.
The leaders are also expected to reaffirm their financial and military backing for Kyiv in the war with .
Also on Thursday, military chiefs from around 30 countries are gathering in Britain to begin planning the next steps for a possible peacekeeping force in Ukraine.
We’ll keep you up to date on developments at those meetings and what they mean for Europe’s security landscape and the .
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