BRUSSELS (AP) – Britain’s defense minister on Thursday urged military leaders from around 30 countries to press ahead with plans to deploy troops to Ukraine to police any future peace agreement with Russia.
The meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels – the first between defense ministers representing the so-called coalition of the willing – comes after a visit to Kyiv last week by senior British and French military officers. It’s expected to work on fleshing out an agreement reached at an earlier meeting between leaders.
John Healey, Britain’s defense minister, opening the meeting said, “We must put more pressure on (Russia’s) President Putin to end his war.”
He said 200 military planners from 30 countries were working to develop plans for deepening European
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