Ministers: Allied presence in Ukraine will not change NATO's eastern flank deployment

Ministers: Allied presence in Ukraine will not change NATO's eastern flank deployment

Ministers on Thursday stressed that the UK will not weaken deterrence on NATO's eastern flank by redeploying troops from Estonia, after a British minister said personnel could be withdrawn and sent to Ukraine if a ceasefire is struck.

A possible Western or better European deployment of troops in Ukraine after a ceasefire could, according to plans from London (and probably Paris), lead to a security force for Ukraine rather than an actual peace force. This is reported by the BBC in the margins of a meeting of European top military forces in the British capital. The background to this are the considerations of a possible coalition of the willing, led by Great Britain and France…