The Ukrainian War Summit held in London on Sunday was essentially left with many questions as before the meeting. No other European countries have been announced that they wish to violate their troops on the ground in Britain and France, and there has been an ongoing demand that the US assume the security of such troops.
Cavalry of European leaders descended to London for another round of emergency war talks hosted by British Prime Minister Sir Kiel Starmer of Lancaster House.
The star selection emerged from a meeting that announced that, in addition to the £2.2 billion loan to Kiev from Russian assets announced on Saturday, the UK would provide Ukraine an additional £1.6 billion from the “British Export Finance” and that Kyiv could purchase 5,000 5,000 defense missiles.
Apart from this, contracts from the summit were quite limited. The priority said it would continue to send military aid to Ukraine, and that Ukraine should be on the table of negotiations and agreed to fund Ukraine's defense in the case of a peace agreement.
The British Prime Minister doubled his intention to commit British “boots on the ground and airplanes” to Ukraine in order to act as a peacekeeping force if the war ends.
Priorities claimed that “many countries” had expressed interest in joining him and French President Emmanuel Macron's so-called “coalition of will,” but on Sunday the other countries left a meeting announcing their solid commitment to sending soldiers to Ukraine.
In particular, Germany, Italy and Poland remain uncommitted to deploying their respective troops. Priority said they would have other countries announce their intentions, but they acknowledged that more consultations would be needed to develop a unified European strategy.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended a meeting of European leaders. I said “It's all on the table” when it comes to potential military deployments, but Ottwa “will not precede the debate on how to maintain a peace that doesn't exist yet.”
In the implicit recognition that European powers cannot effectively enforce lasting peace in Ukraine now, the priority argues that “strong US support” is needed, suggesting that the US promises to defend them in the event of future Russian attacks.
“The UK is ready to back this up with its ground boots and airplanes. With others, Europe must, to support peace on the continent and succeed, this effort must require strong US support,” Starmer says.
“After meeting with President Trump last week, we have been working with the United States on this point. Let me be clear. I agree with the President about the urgent need for durable peace. Now we need to deliver together.”
The Trump administration has so far rejected its commitment and argued that peacekeeping forces should not be considered a NATO mission. In other words, the United States will not be bound by Article 5 of the Alliance, which will take part in the war with Russia on behalf of Europeans.
Without a firm commitment on Sunday, in addition to vaguely expressed statements from European leaders, the London summit said the Prime Minister and President Macron would work with Ukraine to develop a peace deal framework and later present it to the Trump administration.
This comes after peace talks exploded on Friday as President Zelensky was kicked out of the White House after a discussion with Vice President Vance at a meeting at President Trump and Zebal's office. Zelensky was accused of being “disrespectful” for trying to sue the terms of the peace process in front of global media during his fierce interaction with Trump.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio questioned the notion that Britain and France could act as effective mediators, telling ABC News on Sunday that “President Trump is the only person on the planet and he has the chance to bring Vladimir Putin to the negotiation table.”
“I asked every foreign minister I meet, “Please tell me what you think about what this will happen.” Most have no plans. A few let them fight another year after a year, a year, another year, another year, another year, another year of destruction. That doesn't sound like a good plan to me. And that's certainly not a plan with the president on board. ”
US diplomats said the administration's goal is to lead Russia to the negotiation table, and that others should not hamper and disrupt the process. “And that's what Zelensky did. Unfortunately… we all understand that Putin is not going to be an easy negotiator in this regard. We all get it. But we have to start the process to see if anything is possible,” Rubio said.
