Ministers have defined the mission of a UK- and France-led multinational force for Ukraine, confirming it would only deploy after a cessation of hostilities and subject to a parliamentary vote.
The government has set out the formal mission and deployment conditions of the proposed Multinational Force Ukraine, following questions to the Ministry of Defence in Parliament.
According to ministers, the force is intended to support Ukraine’s transition towards long-term peace and stability, rather than conduct combat operations, with a focus on security, training and regeneration of Ukrainian forces.
Veterans minister Al Carns said the mission had been agreed at the highest political level.
“The Prime Minister and President Macron have outlined that the mission of the Multinational Force Ukraine is to support Ukraine’s path towards lasting peace and stability,” he said.
As previously outlined to Parliament, the force would deploy units from participating nations to conduct a broad range of activities in support of Ukraine’s defence and recovery.
“The force will deploy units from participating nations to carry out operations to secure the skies, support safer seas, and conduct training, planning, recovery and regeneration of Ukrainian forces,” Carns said.
He added that the UK and France also plan to establish military hubs across Ukraine and construct protected facilities for the storage and maintenance of weapons and equipment. Ministers were clear that any deployment would only take place once fighting has stopped.
“The Multinational Force Ukraine will only deploy following a cessation in hostilities,” Carns said. “We are preparing to move at pace—but no troops will deploy unless and until the conditions are right.”
He also confirmed that any decision to deploy UK forces would require parliamentary approval.
“If there were a decision to deploy UK Armed Forces in line with the Declaration of Intent signed on the 6 January 2026, the matter would be put to the House for a debate and a vote on that deployment,” he said.
Academic until Putin is defeated in UKR. I think until willing allies are prepared to deploy meaningful forces to help UKR defeat & drive Russian forces out of UKR, Putin is happy to keep bludgening UKR very slowly to death, casually costing masive Rusian casualties too. Putin has already said NATO forces are unacceptable peacekeepers. Trump continues to talk the talk occasionally, but always ends up supporting the Rusian view, wasting the time & energies of the allied leadership.
There are no british forces even to defend the country.
Well that’s not true, is it.
Ummm being sub optimal is not in anyway non existent.. we still have one of the most powerful armed forces on the planet.. they are just not powerful enough for the geopolitical game we play and our present geostrategic position…
Well, basically it’s what I said, it would be unthinkable to undertake an operation like Operation corporate in 1982. The Royal Navy has hardly any auxiliaries and few amphibious ships with only 12 escorts , the RAF has fewer fighters than Italy, and the British Army doesn’t even have 200 tanks. If that’s what they call a powerful military force, then fine. The only noteworthy things are the four SSBNs and the two aircraft carriers, always with the risk that one could be sold if Brazil makes a good offer. Anyway, it’s up to you if you want to delude yourselves.
Hmmm…intriguing, certainly not an attorney/barrister specializing in international treaty law, but presume these deployments will serve as a trip-wire function for NATO involvement. NATO troops attacked while deployed to UKR (non-NATO territory) may/may not be sufficient cause to invoke Article V commitments, but willing to wager that an intelligent and motivated commander could orchestrate a definitive response from the Polish frontier (or, for example, Romanian territorial waters w/in the Black Sea), which would trigger the treaty clause. Doubtful whether Mad Vlad and the Muppets/Orcs would be willing to participate in such an arrangement, absent significant battlefield reverses in UKR. However, if ceasefire somehow achieved, and subsequently broached, would then become concerned by RU “escalate to deescalate” strategic doctrine. Recommend treading very carefully in the minefield. 🤔
Pretty easy to mount another Operation Corporate again, because Argentine forces are a shadow of what they were in the 80s.
Whilst I agree our forces are on a downward trend at the moment, mentioning some of the most powerful weapons systems on the planet as a mere “noteworthy” after thought is what annoys me about this discussion. The UK still has teeth.
Funny that you mention Operation Corporate and you complain about the number of Tanks, when Op Corporate didn’t feature a single tank. Do you think the Army and RM could muster 8 Light Infantry Battalions?
The people on this forum generally believe that the British military is worth protecting and worthy of even greater investment. The are voices supporting us from all over the world. We should perhaps not be underestimated.
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I tend to agree. With these statements, as long as no cease fire is set, no commitment is needed. It is easy to pursue the absence of a cease fire for Russia. Though, absence of ceasefire has a cost in itself for Russia and it’s economy, for it means keeping hundreds of thousands of troups deployed. This ain’t cheap as well.
I’m very impressed with the speed that the Govt knocked up a badge for this force. Who says they are stalling in producing materiel for defence, looking pretty silly now eh.
Interflex is the training op underway for a few years now.
? You mean the Interflex badge?
Carns is as deaf daft and stupid as Starmer – Putin will never allow NATO troops into Ukraine, has no one been listening to him at all? Unlike that orange turd in the White House Putin does not, never has and never will change his mind!
Oh really?
Little man Putin’s redlines have been crossed countless times and when crossed he decided to change his mind and do absolutely nothing 😂
To get Putin to bend is the $64k challenge. Venezuela will yield to the US. Iran is being brought to heel. I’m reading press suggestions that the UK govt has cleared the legal case for the SBS to join the US in intercepting the Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers. Trump has implemented sanctions on any nation trading with Iran. These measures will combine to hit Putin and his henchmen where in hurts…in the wallet. I just read that the Moscow Patriarch Kyrill has lost his rag at Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul ( head of the Orthodox church) who has responded by saying ‘I am not the anti Christ’. Ironic since that is exactly what Putin is. I think the Putin-Kyrill KGB Batman and Robin partnership might be close to breaking.
Russia and Iran have always been susceptible to hard ball political warfare, the west has just refused to play.. I think that is changing hopefully.
Nato cannot go in until borders have been agreed / restored and NOT disputed. are we thinking france / uk support and where is the money coming for all the military kit ukraine is gonna need plus of course rebuilding the country. russia will likely continue to agitate the West
Absolute Joke. We were running hot in Iraq and Afghanistan with an army of 100k plus, now we have an army of 70k and the same equipment as 20 years ago. Its not going to work or be sustainable. All fun and games until the first vehicle goes over a mine on day one and the driver loses his legs.
And before anyone chirps up i went to Afghan and Iraq.
Idiot politicians once again setting us up for a nitemare deployment.
We could nolt send 7500 fully equpt troops iof we tried we do not have the kit and after one rotation we would be short of numbers of Soldiers, thats is why its being tal;ked up as a training mission not peace keeping to hide the lack of just about any thing that works. Time to bluff, deflect and state that was always the task when its clearly was not, is all we can manage.
It’s all academic. The only reason why the politicians are doing this is to be seen to be working on a peace process. But while this European peace plan is being worked-on it deflects Trump from pushing his peace plan, aka surrendering to the Russians.
This^