Overview
- At a Paris summit, the 35-country coalition agreed on robust security guarantees for Kyiv, and Macron, Starmer and Zelensky signed a declaration of intent to deploy a multinational force after a ceasefire.
- Washington endorsed the framework and will oversee ceasefire monitoring, with Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner taking part in the talks.
- Emmanuel Macron said “several thousand” French troops could be sent for peacekeeping and border-control tasks, stressing this would be a reassurance mission rather than combat operations.
- Macron also briefed French party leaders on the plan and France’s potential contribution, with the Élysée signaling that any troop commitment could be put before Parliament.
- Implementation remains uncertain as Germany says it is impossible without Russian consent, and Russia warns any Western military presence in Ukraine would be a “legitimate target.”