US, NATO planners start to craft Ukraine security guarantee options

US, Nato planners start to craft Ukraine security guarantee options

Russia's Foreign Ministry has ruled out the deployment of troops from Nato nations to help secure a peace deal. Read more at straitstimes.com.

US, NATO planners start to craft Ukraine security guarantee options

U.S. and European military planners have begun exploring post-conflict security guarantees for Ukraine, U.S. officials and sources told Reuters on Tuesday, following President Donald Trump's pledge to help protect the country under any deal to end Russia's war.

U.S. and NATO planners start to craft Ukraine security guarantee options

One option being considered is sending European forces to Ukraine but putting the U.S. in charge of their command and control.

US, NATO Planners Start to Craft Ukraine Security Guarantee Options

Trump’s Ukraine Talks Restore Confidence in NATO

By Conrad Black The recent settlement discussions over the Russia–Ukraine war have been decisive in building confidence that the NATO alliance has been effectively reconstructed and unified. There was a brief torrential downpour of Trump-abuse when he cordially greeted Russian President Putin on the tarmac in Alaska on Aug. 15. It is a generally accepted rule of diplomacy that those attempting to produce an agreement between warring parties trea…