Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced that British troops are moving into an operational phase as peacekeepers in Ukraine. During a virtual meeting with world leaders, plans for a coalition to support this mission were discussed. Health Secretary Wes Streeting warned that a confrontation with Russian forces could escalate tensions significantly. French President Emmanuel Macron emphasized Ukraine's sovereignty in determining whether to allow foreign troops. Plans for discussions among military leaders on potential strategies to secure peace through this deployment are also set for Thursday.
I think it would be an extraordinary escalation for Russian troops to find themselves in conflict with British troops.
What Thursday is about, where the Prime Minister and the UK are convening military leaders from across allied countries, is about having a serious plan, a serious military strategy to secure a peace.
Ukraine is sovereign. If it asks for allied forces to be on its territory, it's not something for Russia to accept or not.
We do not want any NATO troops in Ukraine and have warned that this will lead to a direct conflict between Russian and Western troops.
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