The US has said it is prepared to provide intelligence assets and battlefield oversight to any western security blanket for postwar Ukraine and take part in a European-led air defence shield for the country, European and Ukrainian officials said. US President Donald Trump told European leaders last week America would be part of “co-ordination” of security guarantees for postwar Ukraine, something Kyiv has demanded to deter a future attack from Russia after any peace deal. Senior US officials have since told European counterparts in multiple discussions that Washington would be prepared to contribute “strategic enablers” including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), command and control and air defence assets to enable any European-led deployment on the ground, four officials briefed on the talks told the Financial Times.
A so-called coalition of the willing, led by the UK and France, has vowed to protect postwar Ukraine from any future Russian aggression. But European officials have privately admitted any deployment could only take place with US support to enable, oversee and protect European troops. The US offer, voiced in a flurry of meetings between national security officials and military leaders from the US and major European countries in recent days, is contingent on commitments by European capitals to deploy tens of thousands of troops to Ukraine, the officials cautioned. It could still be rescinded, they said.
But it represents a significant shift in stance from the Trump administration — which earlier this year ruled out any US participation in protecting post-conflict Ukraine — and has buoyed European officials who have spent months lobbying Washington to lend more support to Kyiv. Trump has pushed the two sides to agree a peace deal, but Moscow and Kyiv remain far apart on key details, including postwar territorial control and security guarantees. Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted any such guarantees must involve Russia, a non-starter for Ukraine.
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Why do they think theres going to be an agreement when putin said he wont accept western peacekeeping forces in Ukraine?
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>The US has said it is prepared to provide intelligence assets and battlefield oversight to any western security blanket for postwar Ukraine and take part in a European-led air defence shield for the country, European and Ukrainian officials said.
>Senior US officials have since told European counterparts in multiple discussions that Washington would be prepared to contribute “strategic enablers” including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), command and control and air defence assets to enable any European-led deployment on the ground, four officials briefed on the talks told the Financial Times.
Nothing will happen because Trump will not hold to this. Nothing he says sticks. It will change tomorrow. European leaders have admitted they cannot support Ukraine without US assistance. They will not be able to grantee its safety.
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The US has said it is prepared to provide intelligence assets and battlefield oversight to any western security blanket for postwar Ukraine and take part in a European-led air defence shield for the country, European and Ukrainian officials said. US President Donald Trump told European leaders last week America would be part of “co-ordination” of security guarantees for postwar Ukraine, something Kyiv has demanded to deter a future attack from Russia after any peace deal. Senior US officials have since told European counterparts in multiple discussions that Washington would be prepared to contribute “strategic enablers” including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), command and control and air defence assets to enable any European-led deployment on the ground, four officials briefed on the talks told the Financial Times.
A so-called coalition of the willing, led by the UK and France, has vowed to protect postwar Ukraine from any future Russian aggression. But European officials have privately admitted any deployment could only take place with US support to enable, oversee and protect European troops. The US offer, voiced in a flurry of meetings between national security officials and military leaders from the US and major European countries in recent days, is contingent on commitments by European capitals to deploy tens of thousands of troops to Ukraine, the officials cautioned. It could still be rescinded, they said.
But it represents a significant shift in stance from the Trump administration — which earlier this year ruled out any US participation in protecting post-conflict Ukraine — and has buoyed European officials who have spent months lobbying Washington to lend more support to Kyiv. Trump has pushed the two sides to agree a peace deal, but Moscow and Kyiv remain far apart on key details, including postwar territorial control and security guarantees. Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted any such guarantees must involve Russia, a non-starter for Ukraine.
Why do they think theres going to be an agreement when putin said he wont accept western peacekeeping forces in Ukraine?
>The US has said it is prepared to provide intelligence assets and battlefield oversight to any western security blanket for postwar Ukraine and take part in a European-led air defence shield for the country, European and Ukrainian officials said.
I have no faith in a MAGA United States to provide any services to Ukraine. Why would they trust a country that has [shut off their access to weapons](https://unn.ua/en/news/the-usa-has-effectively-disconnected-himars-for-ukraine-halting-the-exchange-of-intelligence-data) or where [one person can decide to cancel arms shipments](https://apnews.com/article/trump-ukraine-weapons-pentagon-15694071ddb6f7040273e9ef090e84c4)?
>Senior US officials have since told European counterparts in multiple discussions that Washington would be prepared to contribute “strategic enablers” including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), command and control and air defence assets to enable any European-led deployment on the ground, four officials briefed on the talks told the Financial Times.
Nothing will happen because Trump will not hold to this. Nothing he says sticks. It will change tomorrow. European leaders have admitted they cannot support Ukraine without US assistance. They will not be able to grantee its safety.