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UK and France Sign Declaration of Intent
to Deploy Troops to Ukraine in Event of Ceasefire

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Posted By: Mercedes44, 1/6/2026 4:50:52 PM

The leaders of the United Kingdom and France signed a declaration of intent on Tuesday to deploy “coalition of the willing” troops to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire, providing security guarantees for Kyiv.Following a meeting in Paris of American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, European leaders, and top Ukrainian officials, British Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a declaration of intent to deploy a multinational military force in Ukraine to enforce a potential ceasefire with Russia.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Californian 1/6/2026 5:08:09 PM (No. 2050495)
Foolish but not our problem. Good luck.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: VirtuDawg 1/6/2026 5:15:51 PM (No. 2050496)
Will France deploy its Main Battle Tanks in the peacekeeping force? You know, the ones with one forward gear and six reverse gears?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: earlybird 1/6/2026 5:16:32 PM (No. 2050497)
Better reae this one. No boots on ground: Italy and Germany. And gthen this: FTA: While the UK and France are so far the only allied powers to commit to boots on the ground in Ukraine, the agreement reportedly stipulated that the United States would act as a backstop force should the “coalition of the willing” forces come under attack, The Times of London reported. Additionally, France and the UK committed to establishing “military hubs” to help protect weapons and other military equipment for Ukraine for defensive purposes. The United States is also reported to be tasked with monitoring the ceasefire.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Vaquero45 1/6/2026 6:12:27 PM (No. 2050506)
France and the UK? Are they sending all 5,000 of their troops?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: rockeysroomie 1/6/2026 6:35:18 PM (No. 2050511)
They're joking right.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: padiva 1/6/2026 7:01:31 PM (No. 2050527)
Will Harry show up to boost troop morale? /s
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Reply 7 - Posted by: MickTurn 1/7/2026 12:31:52 AM (No. 2050608)
I wonder if I can still purchase French Mousers from WW II, Never Fired, Dropped ONCE as they RAN!
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Reply 8 - Posted by: privateer 1/7/2026 6:45:03 AM (No. 2050663)
UK and France=the Doubtful Alliance; Italy and Germany= the Doubtful Intent.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino 1/7/2026 8:29:27 AM (No. 2050742)
Wow! Wow-wow-wow! This is scary. You don't want to mess with Keir Starmer and Emanuel Macron. Of all the tough hombres in this world - - you don't want to mess with those two. Not if you're smart - - and you want to keep your head attached to your neck. I'm shaking all over.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: ClintW 1/7/2026 9:10:11 AM (No. 2050768)
Neither nation can control their muslim hords and they will confront Putin??? Of course the US has to hold their hands to make them feel safe. Western and Eastern Europe are not worth dealing with.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: janjan 1/7/2026 9:29:49 AM (No. 2050778)
This certainly wouldn’t make me sleep better at night. The UK’s culture has become much closer to Maduro’s than Western Europe’s and the cheese eating surrender monkeys in France have a history of laying down their weapons at the first sign of trouble. Good luck.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: TCloud 1/7/2026 9:32:43 AM (No. 2050783)
Ukies are TOAST and now the new Caliphates want to take part in a guaranteed feeding for the Meat Grinder! Meat Grinder shrugs and says Bring It!
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Reply 13 - Posted by: JimBob 1/7/2026 10:35:02 AM (No. 2050844)
Better them than us! Don't let American troops get sucked into this mess! Enough of our people and wealth have been 'transferred' to Europe in general and Ukraine in particular. President Trump is steering a good course in America selling -not giving- equipment to Europe, who can then give it to Ukraine. The most irritating part of this whole situation is that the whole conflict -all those wasted lives and wasted equipment and destroyed towns- could have been avoided if the American 'Rats and European 'diplomats' had listened to Russia and agreed to leave Ukraine as a 'neutral' buffer between NATO and Russia. Ukraine also would be in a much better position today had they accepted the initial Russian proposal, but the fools in France and Britain convinced Ukraine to fight instead.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Samsquanch 1/7/2026 11:18:38 AM (No. 2050875)
Good, they can send the invading hordes over there since their actual citizens are 2nd class now.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Venturer 1/7/2026 1:14:03 PM (No. 2050957)
Keep our young men away from there.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Hermit_Crab 1/7/2026 6:29:06 PM (No. 2051091)
Its a trap. They are hoping that even if they just send one soldier, that he will be fired upon (even if it takes a false flag to do it) and that it will be considered an attack on a NATO member, and hoping to draw the USA into the global war they all desire.
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