Healey hosts ‘coalition of the willing’ as plans for Ukraine force continue
Defence ministers from 30 countries met in Brussels to discuss plans for a ‘reassurance force’ for Ukraine.
Plans for a peacekeeping force in Ukraine are “real and substantial”, the Defence Secretary has said, at the start of a further meeting of the “coalition of the willing”.
John Healey opened the meeting of defence ministers from 30 countries, at Nato headquarters in Brussels, with a call for allies to put more pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine.
He said: “We cannot jeopardise the peace by forgetting about the war.
“The daily reality for millions of Ukrainians continues, drone attacks, missile strikes, brutal fighting on the front line, so we must put more pressure on President Putin to end his war and we must step up support for Ukraine both in the fight and in the push for peace.”
