Europe to form ‘coalition of the willing’ to safeguard Ukraine peace deal, British PM says

https://tvpworld.com/85366055/europe-to-form-coalition-of-the-willing-to-safeguard-ukraine-peace-deal-british-pm-says

28 comments

  1. Starmer is stepping up really well

    Difficult with all the personalities involved

    He’s balancing this very well and France Germany and others (Canada for example) will step up too

    Zelensky looks far happier now he’s dealing with intelligent adults rather than a couple of freaks

  4. Obviously a pretty naïve opinion,but I can see Russia a lot more reluctant to challenge a coalition once its in place.

    This all relies on European countries taking on risk though, and not waiting for leadership.

  5. All for the UK, France and others continuing to support Ukraine, especially after the US’s treason.

    Ukraine wants peace (and always has) but not at the cost of surrender. I want the UK to safeguard Ukraine, Europe and democracy but I hope this isn’t just freezing a conflict that Russia gains anything from. And we’re not even starting to think about reparations and answering to war crimes and acts of literal genocide.

    I support Ukraine defending their territory until Russia is pushed out, and if that takes weapons and more then so be it. Russia can stop at any time and there will be peace but they’ve already said they see four oblasts of Ukraine as part of Russia even though they have never fully occupied them.

  6. As a Canadian, even though we’re not European I really hope we’re part of this.

    The CAF needs massive investment to modernize and I think this is the perfect time to kick that into gear and start buying European hardware and deeper integrate our capabilities with our ALLIES and making sure that the money from our purchases doesn’t touch the American economy.

    Theres talk here about dropping the F-35 but I think it would be short sighted, we should move forward with that purchase as a stepping stone to replace our CF-18s and get the stealth / tech that they come with in the short – medium term but get in talk with Italy / U.K about getting on on their 6th gen program.

  7. There goes Trump’s minerals deal. If Europe is successful in fending off or even expelling Russia from the occupied territories, all the business opportunities involved in rebuilding Ukraine will go to Europe, not the US.

    The US will not be having a seat at the table.

  9. Very good. The exact opposite of what Trump is doing:

    He added: “Our starting point must be to put Ukraine in the strongest possible position now so that they can negotiate from a position of strength and we are doubling down on our support.”

  12. > …the agreement would need US backing

    So when Trump says he’ll only consider backing it (with no promises) if Zelensky gets on his knees and makes a grovelling apology, what then? The US have chosen their side, they need to be excluded from this as much as humanly possible and they certainly shouldn’t have the final say on it. Even if they agree at the outset, Trump/Vance/Musk will be trying to undermine it at every turn.

  13. Unfortunately, Trump will claim all this is his doing, that he pushed Europe into stepping up with his macho stance and strong words, whereas Europe actually got its act together because they can’t trust the USA’s new batshit crazy inhabitant of the White House who’s running the USA into the ground.

  15. Bring George Dubya out of retirement and ask him about that phrase, “coalition of the willing.”

  19. While the US is a basket case, someone else had to step up. Starmer for what it’s worth, probably has the best relationship with Trump and best chance of getting something useful from the orange baffoon. But beside that, I feel this coalition was coming regardless of who fronted the announcement. Could equally have been France that did this.

    Putin can’t exert control over a united Europe like he can over Trump. He must be feeling a bit deflated tonight.

  21. What all the people in the conservative sub seem to keep claiming is this is warmongering. I don’t see it that way at all. This is guaranteeing sovereignty of a European nation. I guess their position legitimises, in their minds, all the posturing by the US administration against Canada, Panama and Greenland/Denmark.

  23. shame the Baltic states couldn’t get invited to this celebration of democracy

  24. The world can’t wait out a Trump presidency. They will form new alliances and trade partners that doesn’t rely on the US.

  25. What peace deal? Anything that involves territorial concessions is no deal.

  26. People might be angry at Starmer because he hasnt solved immigration or food prices in the first 10 minutes of his role, but I am so glad he is at the helm for this crisis compared to Boris, Theresa, Liz or Rishi.

  27. Australia here. You let us join Eurovision now please let us join your coalition.

  28. Sounds like Putin is going to end up with NATO country troops sitting in Ukraine, just not as NATO forces. He and Trump between them have woken Europe to their danger and they’re likely not to forget this time.

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