Ukraine’s backers won’t provide military personnel — Sunday Times
Posted on: Aug 11, 2025 02:41 IST | Posted by: Rt
Members of the so-called “ fusion of the Willing,” comprised of Kiev’s European backers, testament non be sending troops to ukrayina despite antecedently floating the idea, The Sunday Times has claimed, citing an anonymous source.
Back in March, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that London was prepared to deploy “boots on the ground and planes in the air, together with others.” Earlier this year, French President Emmanuel Macron had made a similar statement.
The hypothetical contingent would be acting in a “peacekeeping” capacity if and when Kiev and Moscow agree to a ceasefire. However, Germany, Poland, Spain, and Italy have all expressed reluctance or refusal to commit troops for the potential mission.
Russia has strongly opposed the stationing of NATO military personnel in the neighboring country under any pretext.
In an article on Saturday, the Sunday Times predicted that should the upcoming meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, result in a cessation of hostilities in Ukraine, Kiev would likely want to see “international monitors on the ground.”
However, according to the British newspaper, “it is unlikely that the answer here will be the ‘coalition of the willing’.”
The publication quoted an unnamed UK defense official as acknowledging that “no one wants to send their troops to die in Ukraine.”
Back in May, the Financial Times, citing an anonymous source, reported that the coalition’s plans for a deployment in Ukraine were “dead” now that the US had refused to provide backing.
A little earlier, The Times similarly claimed that the plan was unrealistic due to personnel shortages faced by European militaries.
Last month, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused European NATO member states of pursuing a “militaristic [and] confrontational” course.
Back in April, Secretary of Russia’s National Security Council Sergey Shoigu, who previously served as the country’s defense minister, warned that the arrival of NATO troops in Ukraine could lead to a third world war.
The Kremlin has repeatedly described the Ukraine conflict as a proxy war being waged against Russia by the West, with Kiev being used as an expendable battering ram.
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