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US balks as UK, France pledge troops to postwar Ukraine
DW ^ | 01/10/2026 | Anchal Vohra

Posted on 01/15/2026 6:58:27 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

As allies met in Paris to firm up security guarantees for Ukraine, the presence of peace envoys sent by Donald Trump offered hope that the US was still listening to the EU despite the president's threats to annex Greenland.

"We have largely finished the security protocols," said Steve Witkoff, one of the two emissaries, as he stood alongside the leaders of France, Germany, the UK and Ukraine at the presidential palace in Paris.

"This is important so that when this war ends, it ends forever," he said.

Even as France and the UK inked their resolve to deploy troops to Ukraine in a postwar scenario, the US did not offer to protect those troops in case Russia threatened their security.

UK, France ready to deploy troops in Ukraine after ceasefire.

(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: France; Ukraine; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: anchalvohra; deutschewelle; dw; minorityrepublican; uk; ukraine; us

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1 posted on 01/15/2026 6:58:27 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

So foolish on their part...in fact....nuts...


2 posted on 01/15/2026 7:02:34 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: MinorityRepublican

This is sadly hilarious. Like a teenager trying to assert their autonomy while depending on mom and dad to support them.


3 posted on 01/15/2026 7:07:32 PM PST by Yogafist
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To: MinorityRepublican

The Euros have troops, the Euros have nukes, and the Euros most of all have money. This mess is in their back yard. Let them take care of it.


4 posted on 01/15/2026 7:14:23 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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. . .The statement added the Ukrainians will “remain the first line of defence and deterrence” while experts told DW that coalition troops would mainly be present as trainers and not in a combat role. . .

President Emmanuel Macron said France could deploy “several thousands” of troops to Ukraine. But it might be difficult for him to get France’s parliament to approve the funding needed to maintain the troops abroad, especially wiith the countr mired in a political and economic crisis, Kirkegaard said.

Starmer’s signature on the declaration has raised hackles among opposition leaders and experts who say Britain doesn’t have enough soldiers to spare.

In Germany, the suggestion by Chancellor Merz to deploy troops to NATO countries neighboring Ukraine will also first have to be approved by the Bundestag.

Several other members of the coalition of the willing have been less clear about exactly how they will aid Ukraine, kicking the can to reveal their contributions once there was peace.

“Would all the COW (coalition of the willing) partners give a strong response if Russia attacks again? That’s a hard question. I ask all of them, and I still have not gotten a clear answer,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters on Wednesday.

Until the security guarantees were approved by parliaments, by the US Congress, “we cannot answer the question if partners are ready to protect us,” he added. . .

Markus Reisner, Austrian military historian, lecturer at the Theresian Military Academy in Vienna, told DW that the core message of the adopted draft declaration in Paris was to encourage the US to commit to supporting a future European deployment.

“Without this assurance, or rather, this commitment from the US, Europe is not prepared to continue. This means it is now up to the US to make a corresponding commitment,” he said.

“It currently seems inconceivable that European armed forces would establish a large-scale presence in Ukraine without US support and its specialized military capabilities, and without a guarantee of US military intervention in the event of a Russian attack.”

“This is especially true as long as Russia considers Western soldiers in Ukraine to be military targets,” Reisner warns. . .


5 posted on 01/15/2026 7:16:02 PM PST by Fedora
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Even as France and the UK inked their resolve to deploy troops to Ukraine in a postwar scenario, the US did not offer to protect those troops in case Russia threatened their security. “

They will not deploy without a US commitment to protect them, thus exposing themselves as both pussies and liars.


6 posted on 01/15/2026 7:16:42 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: MinorityRepublican

So? Are we supposed to kill some American boys on behalf of Nazi Ukraine, and the goals of the globalists?


7 posted on 01/15/2026 7:23:48 PM PST by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Just go on in there, boys. Nobody is stopping you. All hat and no cattle?


8 posted on 01/15/2026 7:35:42 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: MinorityRepublican

Who wants to bet that they never follow through on their stated pledge. That this is nothing more than another attempt to try and shame Trump into pledging U.S. support.


9 posted on 01/15/2026 7:37:14 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: DesertRhino

“So? Are we supposed to kill some American boys on behalf of Nazi Ukraine, and the goals of the globalists?”

Yes, at least according to the Zeepers, or so it seems.


10 posted on 01/15/2026 7:43:05 PM PST by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: Yogafist

That is well described.


11 posted on 01/15/2026 7:44:16 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Ukraine will cease existing before Russia allows French or British troops in Ukraine.


12 posted on 01/15/2026 7:53:35 PM PST by Kazan
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Will those troops still deploy if Russia installs a pro-Russia government in Kiev after it surrenders, with the mission of those troops to prevent any overthrow attempts?


13 posted on 01/15/2026 8:08:36 PM PST by Owen
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To: MinorityRepublican

UK and France will send troops and a fleet to conquer Crimea - again. Not.


14 posted on 01/15/2026 8:11:04 PM PST by glorgau
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To: Kazan

Ukraine has flatlined in every single measurable sector. They have no path to a victory what so ever.....no chance of regaining Crimea or any of the ethnic Russian provinces....the Ukie war cheerleaders are sucking that Hopium again, and again, ......awaiting Zelensky’s Mussolini moment.


15 posted on 01/15/2026 8:14:29 PM PST by delta7
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To: BobL

““So? Are we supposed to kill some American boys on behalf of Nazi Ukraine, and the goals of the globalists?”

Yes, at least according to the Zeepers, or so it seems.”

They’ll loudly deny it, but that’s been the goal all along. The only way for a Ukraine military victory is for us to do it for them.


16 posted on 01/15/2026 9:48:08 PM PST by rxh4n1
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