UK PM and French President discuss progress with troop deployment in Ukraine

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the work of the coalition of the willing to deploy troops to Ukraine during a conversation on Saturday, 5 April. Source: press service of the UK government, as reported by European Pravda Details: The leaders of the UK and France discussed tariffs imposed by the United States and agreed that "a trade war was in nobody's interests", the statement said.

Starmer and Macron, the UK government added, also shared concerns about the "global economic and security impact, particularly in South East Asia".

"Following discussions between military planners in Ukraine this week, they [Starmer and Macron - ed.] discussed the good progress that has been made on the Coalition of the Willing," the British UK added.

Background:

• On Friday, 4 April, the chiefs of defence of the French and the UK armies visited Kyiv to meet with Ukraine's top leadership.
• The purpose of the visit was to discuss the needs and challenges of the Ukrainian army with a view to providing long-term support for the reconstruction and development of its model.
• The Ukrainian side then announced regular meetings of military representatives of the coalition of the willing over the next month.
• As is known, the so-called coalition of the willing led by France and the UK has been working for several weeks on a plan to send thousands of troops to Ukraine to guarantee the future "ceasefire".

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