The Times praises the Prime Minister’s call for a “coalition of the willing” from Ukraine’s European allies, but warns the power of any peacekeeping force would be limited without US firepower. The paper says: “The risk is that Sir Keir is talking himself into a deployment that could result in Britain’s threadbare army fighting with no US help. “After decades of freeloading on defence, Europe would be hard put to field anything but a token force in Ukraine. “Sir Keir must try to lower the temperature and re-establish unity. “Fair play to Sir Keir Starmer, he has acted with the calmness of an international statesman in dealing with a crisis,” the paper’s editorial states.

Source: The Times March 03, 2025 07:28 UTC