Western allies agree Ukraine guarantees after Paris 'progress'Listen to this articleThe three leaders signed a declaration on deploying troops to UkrainePARIS (FRANCE) - Ukraine's Western allies on Tuesday agreed key security guarantees for Kyiv including a US-led monitoring mechanism and a European multinational force that would be deployed after a ceasefire in Russia's war against its neighbour. But the security guarantees for Ukraine would only come into force once a ceasefire is agreed to end the almost four-year war sparked by Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of its neighbour. Macron said that Paris could deploy "several thousand" French troops to Ukraine after the war. Allies have "largely finished" agreeing security guarantees for Ukraine "so that the people of Ukraine know that when this ends, it ends forever," he said, flanked by President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. Kushner added: "This does not mean that we will make peace, but peace would not be possible without the progress that was made here today."

Source: Bangkok Post January 06, 2026 22:11 UTC