Lord Richard Dannatt, former head of the British Army, said Sir Keir Starmer was doing the “right thing” in committing the UK to play its full part in any peace-keeping mission to end Vladimir Putin’s three-year war.
“If the Prime Minister is serious about wanting to deploy British troops, put boots on the ground in Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping force, he’s got to realise that’s going to come at a considerable cost.”.
Lord Dannatt later went on: “Frankly, we haven’t got the numbers and we haven’t got the equipment to put a large force onto the ground for an extended period of time at the present moment.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio landed in Saudi Arabia ahead of talks with senior Russian officials on a possible peace deal for Ukraine, following Mr Trump’s direct phone conversation with Mr Putin on Wednesday.
The Prime Minister is joining European leaders for emergency talks in Paris as they scramble for a strategy in response to Donald Trump’s push for a deal with Russian president Putin and fears the US will reduce its defence commitments in the continent.
