"Sir Richard Shirreff who was NATO's deputy supreme allied commander in Europe has warned Sir Keir Starmer that more than 50,000 troops will have to be on the ground in Ukraine. This comes as the Coalition of the Willing met in Paris on Tuesday and the UK and France signed a historic agreement to put troops into Ukraine as soon as ceasefire starts. The former NATO commander warned Starmer that allied forces will have to "overmatch" Russia so that they can fight back if needed."
""Any reassurance or enforcement force from Britain, France and other partners that is deployed to Ukraine has got to be capable of overmatching Russia. Because Russia, even if it is forced into accepting a ceasefire, will absolutely, as sure as eggs is eggs, break that ceasefire. So any reassurance force has got to be capable of facing down Russia, and if necessary, being able to fight Russia. And this means serious capabilities, serious numbers, and a properly joined-up military organisation.""
Allied reassurance forces deployed to Ukraine must be large, capable, and organized to overmatch Russia and deter or fight breaches of any ceasefire. Britain, France and other partners have agreed to position troops into Ukraine as soon as a ceasefire begins, requiring serious capabilities and numbers across the long Ukrainian frontline. Historical precedent notes about 50,000 NATO troops were deployed to Kosovo in 1999, a much smaller territory. Current defence spending levels are judged insufficient to support such commitments, with only Germany noted as increasing defence investment and the UK pledging higher spending by 2035.
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