British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is ready to station thousands of British soldiers in Ukraine for an indefinite period to maintain a ceasefire and prevent another Russian invasion, The Times reported on 17 March. The nations who could form a post-war peacekeeping force in Ukraine includes 37 countries, with 25 attending the summit. Defence chiefs from several countries will meet in London on 20 March to discuss specific deployment locations for the peacekeeping force. The UK prime minister has not confirmed whether the peacekeeping force would be authorized to fire on Russian soldiers if attacked. The prime minister rejected Putin’s “yes, but” approach to the proposed ceasefire, saying that the Russian president would have to negotiate “sooner or later.”Read also:
