The UK and France have made \u201cmature operational plans\u201d to deploy a multinational reassurance force to Ukraine once hostilities cease, according to Defence Minister Luke Pollard.<\/p>\n
In a written response to a parliamentary question by Priti Patel MP, Pollard stated that the two countries have been co-leading military planning efforts under the so-called \u201cCoalition of the Willing,\u201d a loose alliance of over 30 nations coordinating postwar support to Ukraine.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince the Coalition of the Willing Summit in London in March 2025, the UK and France have co-led military planning efforts and brought together over 30 countries at four leader level events including one in Kyiv,\u201d said Pollard.<\/p>\n
The most recent summit took place on 10 July, convened jointly by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron. According to Pollard, leaders confirmed the development of \u201cmature operational plans to deploy a reassurance force once hostilities have ceased, to help secure Ukraine\u2019s skies and seas and to regenerate Ukraine\u2019s Armed Forces.\u201d<\/p>\n
While no formal peacekeeping mandate exists, the coalition\u2019s stated purpose is to deliver post-conflict stability, deter renewed aggression, and assist with the reconstruction and reform of Ukraine\u2019s security institutions. The concept draws loosely from past NATO peace support operations but has yet to be codified in any treaty or resolution.<\/p>\n
Officials have not specified when the force would deploy or under what legal authority. However, defence sources have previously indicated that the reassurance force would focus on air and maritime surveillance, explosive ordnance clearance, and joint training with Ukrainian forces.<\/p>\n
The UK and France are understood to be advocating for a modular framework that allows different nations to contribute in varying capacities without requiring a formal NATO or EU mission structure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UK and France have made \u201cmature operational plans\u201d to deploy a multinational reassurance force to Ukraine once…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-287273","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-france"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114906912686420959","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}