KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is laying out Kyiv’s requests for what the military forces of countries in the so-called coalition of the willing can do in any peacekeeping deployment to Ukraine.
Military teams from Ukraine and allied countries are meeting on Friday.
“There will be a meeting of our military teams of several countries, a narrow circle of countries. Those who will be ready to deploy a contingent in one form or another,” Zelenskyy said late Tuesday.
“We will see some clarifications and some details. It is important that it will be based on the prepared proposals of the Ukrainian side,” Zelenskyy added.
He spelled out three possible missions for allied countries: ground troops, using air power to patrol Ukraine’s skies, or sending military vessels to monitor the Black Sea.
The U.K. and France are leading a grouping of 30 countries willing to strengthen military support for Ukraine and working out a plan to potentially contribute to peacekeeping forces in the event of a deal ending the fighting.
After the last coalition meeting on March 27, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a joint French-British mission to strengthen the Ukrainian army, which will soon head to Ukraine.
However, there are deep divisions among allied countries on sending troops and other forces into Ukraine.
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