FT: US To Take Over Monitoring Of Ceasefire In Ukraine
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This marks an important shift in Kiev's relationship with the White House.
A European-led "deterrent force" will provide "security measures in the air, sea and land" with "US support" after a ceasefire in Ukraine.
As Financial Times (FT) writes, the commitment to deploy troops is the most significant promise to Ukraine from European allies.
What the allies are promising Ukraine
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that after the ceasefire, "Britain and France will establish military bases across Ukraine and build secure facilities to store weapons and military equipment to support Ukraine's defense."
French President Emmanuel Macron said in turn that the talks showed a "convergence" between the US, Ukraine and European positions on the support Kiev would need after the peace agreement.
The publication emphasized that this marks a shift from tensions with the White House in 2025.
US participation in security guarantees
The journalists added that the talks at the Elysee Palace also mark the most significant offer of US participation in efforts to create security guarantees for Ukraine.
The two sources said the U.S. military would lead high-tech monitoring of any cease-fire line in Ukraine, using unmanned sensors, drones and satellites to assess possible attacks by the Russian or Ukrainian military.
Officials involved in the Paris talks said it meant that a robust and neutral cease-fire monitoring system was crucial to a potential peace deal.
"We must ultimately agree on how this ceasefire can be respected, monitored and verified - not by deploying soldiers, because we are talking about a 1,400-kilometer line and having soldiers on the line makes no sense tactically or strategically," an Elysee Palace spokesman said.
Officials said disputes remained over how to characterize possible ceasefire violations.
What's next
Two senior Ukrainian officials involved in the Paris talks said Kiev was satisfied with the results so far but acknowledged there was still much work to be done.
"The U.S. peace talks with Ukraine and its supporters have not yet included trilateral discussions with Russian Federation. It is unclear what part of the proposals Moscow will accept, if at all," the newspaper noted.
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