{"id":679488,"date":"2026-01-07T08:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T08:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/679488\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T08:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T08:12:09","slug":"uk-france-agree-on-troop-deployment-in-ukraine-after-peace-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/679488\/","title":{"rendered":"UK, France agree on troop deployment in Ukraine after peace deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> The United Kingdom and France have signed a declaration of intent outlining plans to deploy troops in Ukraine if a peace agreement is reached with Russia, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"601\">Speaking after talks with Ukraine\u2019s allies in Paris, Starmer said the two countries would work to establish military hubs across Ukraine as a deterrent against any future invasion, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c17zee20qpzo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"601\">French President Emmanuel Macron later added that the plan could involve the deployment of thousands of troops.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"924\">The discussions also saw broad agreement among allies on the need for strong <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/-ukraine-sees-paris-talks-as-key-step-toward-stronger-defense-and-security-guarantees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">security guarantees for Ukraine<\/a>. Proposals included the U.S. taking a leading role in monitoring any ceasefire or truce reached as part of a peace deal. However, the sensitive issue of territorial arrangements remains under discussion.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"926\" data-end=\"1102\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Russia has repeatedly warned that the presence of any foreign troops in Ukraine would be considered a \u201clegitimate target,\u201d underscoring the risks surrounding such a deployment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"926\" data-end=\"1102\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Moscow has not yet commented on the announcements made in the French capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Heads of state and top officials from the &#8220;Coalition of the Willing&#8221; took part in Tuesday&#8217;s talks in Paris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Speaking at a joint press conference after the meeting, Starmer said: &#8220;We signed a declaration of intent on the deployment of forces to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;This is a vital part of our commitment to stand with Ukraine for the long-term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;It paves the way for the legal framework under which British, French, and partner forces could operate on Ukrainian soil, securing Ukraine&#8217;s skies and seas, and regenerating Ukraine&#8217;s armed forces for the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The UK prime minister added London would participate in any US-led verification of a potential ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Top US negotiator Steve Witkoff said &#8220;durable security guarantees and robust prosperity commitments are essential to a lasting peace&#8221; in Ukraine &#8211; referring to a key demand made by Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Witkoff said the allies &#8220;largely finished&#8221; their work on agreeing security protocols &#8220;so that people of Ukraine know that when this [war] ends, it ends forever&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United Kingdom and France have signed a declaration of intent outlining plans to deploy troops in Ukraine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,36,807,58562,332,206165,657,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-679488","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","11":"tag-keir-starmer","12":"tag-peace-deal","13":"tag-russia","14":"tag-troop-deployment","15":"tag-ukraine","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115852813534020034","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679488","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=679488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}