{"id":398255,"date":"2025-09-04T21:25:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T21:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/398255\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T21:25:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T21:25:24","slug":"carney-says-canada-will-join-military-assistance-pledge-for-ukraine-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/398255\/","title":{"rendered":"Carney says Canada will join \u2018military assistance\u2019 pledge for Ukraine – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prime Minister Mark Carney\u2019s office says he told Ukraine\u2019s allies today that Canada is willing to deploy \u201cdirect and scalable military assistance\u201d in a post-ceasefire Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Prime Minister\u2019s Office says Carney took part virtually in a meeting of the pro-Ukraine \u201cCoalition of the Willing.\u201d<\/p>\n

It says Carney affirmed Canada\u2019s commitment to the coalition and its willingness to provide military support for a ceasefire.<\/p>\n

Following today\u2019s coalition meeting, French President Emmanuel Macron said 26 of Ukraine\u2019s allies have pledged to deploy a \u201creassurance force\u201d once the war with Russia ends with a peace agreement or ceasefire.<\/p>\n

Macron said the countries committed to deploying troops in Ukraine, or maintaining a presence on land, at sea, or in the air.<\/p>\n

Experts have said committing Canadian troops to Ukraine likely would mean shutting down Canada\u2019s Latvia mission, which Carney recently announced would be extended to 2029.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Earlier Thursday, Macron and other European leaders met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the the U.S. envoy for peace talks, Steve Witkoff, to discuss ways of ensuring long-term military support and continued American backing for Ukraine once the conflict ends. Zelenskyy\u2019s office said he also held a closed-door meeting with Witkoff.<\/p>\n

The European leaders \u2014 some of whom joined the meeting virtually \u2014 said Russia<\/a> must now work toward ending the fighting, and the German government suggested European sanctions on Russia would increase if Moscow drags its feet. The European leaders also later spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who lead the group, have insisted that any European \u201creassurance\u201d force in Ukraine needs the backing of the United States.<\/p>\n

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Starmer\u2019s office said after the meeting that the British prime minister \u201cemphasized that the group had an unbreakable pledge to Ukraine, with President Trump\u2019s backing, and it was clear they now needed to go even further to apply pressure on (Russian president Vladimir) Putin<\/a> to secure a cessation of hostilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starmer\u2019s office also mentioned a decision from the coalition to supply long-range missiles to Ukraine \u201cto further bolster the country\u2019s supplies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andriy Yermak, the Ukrainian president\u2019s chief of staff, said Thursday after meeting Witkoff and other national security advisers that the security guarantees \u201cmust be strong and effective \u2014 in the air, at sea, on land and in cyberspace.\u201d<\/p>\n

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