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A U.K.-France-led “coalition of the willing” is bringing together senior military officers from across the globe to devise a plan for a peacekeeping force in Ukraine.
France and the U.K. are the only two countries in the coalition that have said they would be willing to send troops, but Canada, Australia, Finland and other European nations are said to be open to being involved, according to the Associated Press (AP). However, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said this week that the coalition is entering its “operational phase.”
As of now, it is not clear exactly how many troops will be on the ground, but according to the AP, officials say it will be between 10,000 and 30,000.
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