As discussions about a potential peacekeeping force in Ukraine continue, the UK government has maintained its position of strong support for Ukraine while refraining from any formal commitment to deploying British forces for peacekeeping operations.
Responding to a parliamentary question from James Cartlidge MP, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) stated that the UK remains “ready and willing to contribute to security guarantees for Ukraine.”
However, the government emphasised that “when, how, and on what terms this war comes to an end can only be decided by negotiations with Ukraine at the heart of them.”
While the scale and capability of the British Army to undertake a peacekeeping mission were not directly addressed, the response suggests that any such deployment would depend on future diplomatic discussions and Ukraine’s needs.
No Discussions on Peacekeeping Force Size Yet
When asked about the potential size and scale of a British peacekeeping force, Luke Pollard, Armed Forces Minister, reiterated that the UK is not engaging in detailed discussions on this matter at this stage. Instead, the UK’s immediate focus remains on strengthening Ukraine’s position through continued military aid, training, and support.
“We are not going to get into any further details at this stage, our focus is on ensuring Ukraine is in as strong a position as possible. We will continue our dialogue with allies to secure a path to a lasting peace in Ukraine.”
Regular Cabinet Discussions on UK’s Role in Ukraine
Cartlidge also inquired whether the Defence Secretary had discussed the potential deployment of British peacekeepers with Cabinet colleagues. In response, Pollard confirmed that regular discussions on the war in Ukraine are ongoing but declined to disclose further details.
“The Secretary of State regularly holds discussions with his Cabinet colleagues on the war in Ukraine and how we can continue to best support Ukraine going forward.”
However, no formal commitment to a peacekeeping force has been made. Instead, the UK is focusing on military aid, strategic support, and diplomatic efforts to ensure Ukraine’s long-term security.
UK’s Continued Support for Ukraine
While the UK has not ruled out a future role in peacekeeping operations, its immediate efforts remain centered on providing military aid, intelligence-sharing, and reinforcing Ukraine’s defensive capabilities.
The UK government has already pledged over £5.26 billion in military and financial aid, with recent support including advanced attack drones, air defence systems, and artillery shells. Additionally, British forces continue to play a key role in training Ukrainian troops under Operation Interflex, which has trained over 60,000 Ukrainian personnel since 2022.
For now, the UK government remains cautious about committing ground forces to a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. The situation remains fluid, and any decision on British peacekeepers will likely depend on the outcome of ongoing diplomatic negotiations, Ukraine’s requests, and the broader NATO strategy in the region.
There is no chance Russia would accept a peace keeping force made up from NATO countries.. Their one, slender, justification for the current special operation has been the eastwards expansion of NATO, something they argue was ruled out in the negotiations to allow German reunification. ( The subsequent guarantee of Ukraine’s borders made by UU, UK and Russia in the 1995 Budapest memorandum is completely ignored).
Given the length of the border, any peacekeeping force would have to be many times larger than any ever deployed by NATO or the UN. It is not a realistic prospect. For once, Trump might be right that the presence in Ukraine of large numbers of American civilians working on mineral extraction might be the best guarantee of any peace agreement.
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Trump said the same thing about US investment in Afghanistan, and the US accessing valuable mining resources, both of these things he claimed would protect the pro-Western regime. And look what happened.
Non eastward expansion of NATO Agreement is a contemporary Kremlin myth. The Agreement with soviets was about not repositioning NATO troops into the former East Germany pn unification. NATO was already further East via Norway and Turkey. The justification for Ukraine seeking NATO membership is the constant Russian invasions!
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Such a stupid proposal…. Putin doesn’t want peace, He wants all of Ukraine, then he wants Belarus and Latvia, Estonia, Moldova and Est Germany. After that He’ll want the cut off Poland, most of the Slovak regions and maybe Finland, Sweden and Norway.
Trump will help him achieve it too.
I think the best hope atm is Putin wanting all of Ukraine scuppering Trumps peace plans, and then the Orange Fuhrer throwing one of his tantrums at not getting his way.
Not happening, Russia won’t agree to it.
IIRC their ambassador to the UK saying, Russia will only accept a neutral Ukraine. So the only acceptable peacekeeping force would be Irish.
Suez
France and UK will lead the willing in as a peace keeping force and Trump will pull the rug.
Yes. Suez has been on my mind too.
In the end I think there is some confusion around what is a peace keeping force. Peace keepers police an agreed peace and monitor that peace. They don’t offer and enforce security guarantees and fight of forces that break the peace.
Basically if Russia is not going to eat Ukraine bit by bit then there actually needs to be a peace keeping force that monitors the peace for infractions and then a large force that Ukraines allies have in place to defend Ukraine from invasion.. this force would not be policing any boarder but would be close by ready to move into Ukraine. Essentially Poland would seem to be the ideal place for a large security guarantee force as in effect Polish boarder is probably the stable new version of the inner German boarder UK, Germany, France Italy and other European nation’s would need to have forces there.
Not a snowballs chance in hell will Russia allow any Nato troops this role. Ukraine will have to accept it is a buffer zone and Zelensky accept that the bits occupied are staying occupied. As for the UK and Starmer? Does that idiot realise we cannot even put a division in the field? Then his kind think a division is something to do with football.
Won’t have much to do with Putin.
The Tangerine King will sell Putler fast economic salvation OR he will go toto on weapons systems that he hasn’t even heard of in quantity.
Putler is tighter in a desperate corner than almost anyone realises.
I don’t think even the Tangerine King has a proper game plan here.
Apart from avoiding disclosure of KGB “watersports” footage? 🤣 sorry, been to pub tonight
Or is it the Fake British intelligence “steele dossier”.. Paid for by the the democrats?
Sadly I think Russia could have been essentially pushed to pretty much capitulation on Ukraine if the west had kept up full support to Ukraine..as it is any peace deal will cement in Putin as well as his wartime economy..he will also now have 7 trillion dollars of mineral wealth to extract..if he plays his cards well he will get trump to pull all the sanctions and get investment in building his industries in Ukraine.. then he will truly be ready for the new Russian empire and Georgia as well as the other Asian ex soviet republics will end up being annexed..after he’s done that he will be ready to test European resolve probably in the Baltics or the rump Ukraine.
UK peace keepers are need in Canada. And in Greenland
What Russia will or won’t permit in Ukraine after a ceasefire depends a lot on what Ukraine agrees to. If they make a security guarantee a sticking point, and only Europe will provide that guarantee, then either Trump doesn’t get his coveted peace deal or he and Russia have to accept a European military presence in Ukraine. After all, there will be a Russian military presence in the occupied zone.
If Ukraine caves in to Putin-Trump pressure and Euro forces are not permitted within Ukraine, we can just as easily station forces on Ukraine’s western borders with Poland and Romania. The tabloid stories are that Europe is planning a combat air contingent of 120 aircraft, so 6 squadrons, almost certainly backed by AEW, EW and refuelling tankers and with air bases well-defended by SAM.and C-UAV. It would be better if the combat squadrons were based in the west of the country, ready to intercept incoming missiles, drones and any manned aircraft. I can’t see Russia pitting its airforce against modern European Typhoon, Rafale and F-35 fighters, they would not like the losses.
We could of course end up with a repeat of Suez and the US embargo. Or maybe this time, Europe might stand tall and decline to have the USA or Putin dictating European policy.
We could of course get a repeat of the Suez embargo from the USA. Or perhaps a resolute European refusal to be bullied
Putin will be interested in nothing more than a brief pause to re-group. Now he has a close personal friend in the White House victory is assured in the next 4 years, why pretend otherwise, Trump and a large part of the American people can relate to Vlad the mad, he is their kind of kick ass dude and in fact it is hard to find any differences between him and Trump. When the goddamn Commies were in the Kremlin the US spent trillions to keep them at bay, now they are kindred spirits we should accept whose side they are on.