The pledge came at a summit in Paris of the "coalition of the willing" of mainly European nations to firm up guarantees to reassure Kyiv in the event of a ceasefire with Russia, which invaded its neighbour in 2014 and again at full scale in 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, writing on Telegram after the meeting, said the agreements were "a signal of how seriously Europe and the entire coalition of the willing are ready to work for real security". The leaders' statement also pledged a European-led "Multinational Force for Ukraine ... to support the rebuilding of Ukraine's armed forces and support deterrence" with "the proposed support of the U.S".
Author: John Irish
Published at: 2026-01-06 21:35:00
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