{"id":515848,"date":"2025-10-21T02:04:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T02:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/515848\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T02:04:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T02:04:42","slug":"uk-peace-force-for-ukraine-would-cost-well-over-100m-says-defence-secretary-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/515848\/","title":{"rendered":"UK peace force for Ukraine would cost \u2018well over \u00a3100m\u2019, says defence secretary | Military"},"content":{"rendered":"

The cost of Britain\u2019s contribution to a post-ceasefire stabilisation force for Ukraine<\/a> would be \u201cwell over \u00a3100m\u201d, the defence secretary, John Healey, has said after a speech in the City of London.<\/p>\n

Healey said he had already brought forward millions in spending so that a \u201cmultinational force Ukraine\u201d led by the UK and France could be ready to deploy quickly if peace talks produce a ceasefire.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeace is possible, and if President Trump can broker a peace, then we will be ready to help secure that peace for the long term. That requires us to invest and prepare our forces to be ready to deploy,\u201d Healey said in response to a question.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve accelerated already millions of pounds in that preparation for any possible deployment in the event of peace. And I would expect the cost of that to be well over \u00a3100m,\u201d the minister added.<\/p>\n

Though there is scepticism about whether Vladimir Putin is serious about ending the near-four-year full-scale war, the prospect of a summit in Budapest between the Russian leader and the US president<\/a> in the next few weeks has raised the possibility that an end to the fighting could emerge.<\/p>\n

The multinational force involves 30 countries who will be expected to contribute to a peacekeeping force if Russia and Ukraine can agree a ceasefire. It would initially be led by a French general, before the position and the headquarters rotated to the UK a year later.<\/p>\n

Its principal components will be a Nato-style air policing operation to secure the country\u2019s airspace and a maritime security force to support an existing mine-clearing Black Sea naval force of Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria.<\/p>\n

But although Healey said that Starmer had committed to \u201cUK boots on the ground\u201d, land forces will be limited to logistics, armament and training specialists to help Ukraine\u2019s army protect the country from future attack.<\/p>\n

The force would \u201csecure the skies and seas, and train Ukrainian forces to defend their nation\u201d, Healey said in a speech at the Mansion House.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Monday the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said he would be ready to join Putin and Trump at their summit in Hungary if he is invited.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Trump said the best solution to end the war would be to \u201ccut up\u201d the Donetsk region<\/a> that is the scene of the heaviest fighting on the frontlines. He also pressured Zelenskyy to give up some of his country\u2019s territory for a deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The cost of Britain\u2019s contribution to a post-ceasefire stabilisation force for Ukraine would be \u201cwell over \u00a3100m\u201d, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-515848","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115409706217655880","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515848","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=515848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}