Britain ready to send troops to Ukraine in postwar peacekeeping force, says UK PM Starmer

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday that he was prepared to send British soldiers to Ukraine as part of any postwar peacekeeping force, with discussions aimed at resolving the violence scheduled to begin this week.

Starmer said he had not made the decision to send British soldiers and women “in harm’s way” lightly, but that establishing a long-term peace in Ukraine was critical to deterring Russian President Vladimir Putin from future action.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that Ukraine and Europe would be included in any “real negotiations” to stop Moscow’s conflict, implying that this week’s talks with Russia would be a test of Putin’s commitment to peace.

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The end of Russia’s war with Ukraine “when it comes, cannot merely become a temporary pause before Putin attacks again,” Starmer wrote in the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Starmer is expected to join German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and other European leaders in Paris after French President Emmanuel Macron convened the talks on Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump stunned European allies in NATO and Ukraine last week when he announced he had held a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin without consulting with them and would start a peace process. Trump’s Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, then suggested Ukraine and other European leaders would have no place at peace negotiations.

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