Will Europe put ‘boots on the ground’ in Ukraine?
It is an open secret that western special forces are present in Ukraine as “sneakers on the ground”. So far, though, there is no mass deployment of western “boots on the ground”.
That may be about to change.
On-off talks have resumed about how western troops, specifically European forces, could help sustain the ceasefire that Trump hopes to broker with Moscow.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that if Europe is serious about providing an effective deterrent, 200,000 troops would be needed, at a “minimum”.
How realistic is Zelenskyy’s figure?
Not at all. That is far more than the number of troops that took part in the D-Day landings of the second world war.
The risks of sending in troops may pale in comparison with those of inaction.
As Starmer said during his recent visit to Kyiv:
“This isn’t just about Ukraine’s sovereignty. If Russia succeeds in its aggression, it will affect us all for a very long time.”
John Paul Rathbone Financial Times 23 January 2025
https://www.ft.com/content/609cfeac-1af4-4f40-a634-74d6c12e60b8
Zelenskiy Says US Must Be Part of Ukraine Peacekeeping Force
In an interview with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait, Zelenskiy said that his European allies don’t have enough soldiers to pose a realistic deterrent to President Vladimir Putin
and any other solution would risk opening up divisions within the NATO alliance.
Tillbaka till Rolfs länktips 23 januari 2025
https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/01/rolfs-lanktips-23-januari-2025.html
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