UK And France Convene Defense Ministers’ Meeting to Discuss Ukraine

The UK, France, and the other European countries involved in the ‘coalition of the willing’ are still hoping for security guarantees from the United States

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, (L), French President Emmanuel Macron, (R), and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (C) speak during a meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris on March 27, 2025. Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP

Defense ministers from around 30 countries are meeting at NATO’s headquarters in Brussels on Thursday to discuss the possible deployment of troops in Ukraine to police a future peace agreement with Russia.

The meeting of the so-called “coalition of the willing” comes after senior British and French military officers, including the chief of the UK defence staff, Adm. Sir Tony Radakin, visited Kyiv last week.