What are the prospects of European peacekeeping troops in Ukraine? Leaders remain divided

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While the UK's Keir Starmer reaffirmed he’s ready to consider sending British forces on the Ukrainian ground alongside others, Germany's Olaf Scholz called the idea 'premature.'

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00:00Europe's leaders remain divided on the prospect of sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine

00:07in the event of a peace deal with Russia.

00:11Some of them met for emergency talks in Paris after seemingly being excluded from the negotiations

00:16between the US, Russia and Ukraine.

00:19UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he is ready to consider sending British troops.

00:25I'm prepared to consider committing British forces on the ground alongside others if there

00:32is a lasting peace agreement.

00:35But there must be a US backstop because a US security guarantee is the only way to effectively

00:45deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again.

00:49German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said it is premature to consider the idea without Keefe's involvement.

00:55I am even a little irritated about these debates, I want to say this very openly.

01:00Here, the heads of Ukraine are talking about the result of peace talks that did not take

01:06place and in which Ukraine did not say yes and did not sit at the table, about possible

01:12variants of results.

01:14This is highly inappropriate, to say it very openly and honestly.

01:18We do not even know what the result will be.

01:22Other leaders, including Dutch Prime Minister Dijkshove, have not excluded the idea but

01:27not committed either.

01:29Shortly before the meeting, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with US President Donald

01:34Trump, but Macron's office would not disclose the details about the discussion.

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