{"id":13472,"date":"2026-02-03T12:26:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T13:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=13472"},"modified":"2026-02-05T05:57:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T05:57:05","slug":"us-and-european-forces-could-deploy-to-ukraine-under-zelensky-plan-ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/us-and-european-forces-could-deploy-to-ukraine-under-zelensky-plan-ft\/","title":{"rendered":"US and European forces could deploy to Ukraine under Zelensky plan \u2013 FT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia has warned that any Western troops sent to the country would be treated as \u201clegitimate targets\u201d and amount to outside intervention<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kiev and its Western backers have drawn up a plan that envisages military forces from the US and European countries moving into Ukraine to fight Russian troops in the event that Moscow violates a ceasefire being demanded by Vladimir Zelensky, the Financial Times has reported, citing sources.<\/p>\n

Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, have repeatedly rejected the idea of a ceasefire as a precursor to a peace deal, saying it would only be used by Kiev and its sponsors to rearm and regroup forces. Instead, Moscow has insisted that the conflict needs a permanent peace solution which addresses its root causes. Russia has also categorically ruled out the deployment of Western forces to Ukraine during or after the crisis.<\/p>\n

During meetings in December and January, Ukrainian, European, and US officials agreed a “multi-tiered response”<\/em> to breaches of a possible ceasefire by Moscow, the FT said in an article on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Three people familiar with the matter told the outlet that the counter-measures would come within 24 hours, starting with a diplomatic warning and engagement by the Ukrainian military.<\/p>\n

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If this failed to stop the fighting, the second phase of the plan would see an intervention by the so-called ‘Coalition of the Willing’, which includes numerous EU nations as well as the UK, Norway, Iceland, and Türkiye, they said.<\/p>\n

In case the violation turned out to be extensive and extended beyond 72 hours, it would be met with “a coordinated military response by a Western-backed force, involving the US military,”<\/em> the sources claimed.<\/p>\n

The FT report comes ahead of the second round of talks between Russian, Ukrainian, and US delegations scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi, UAE on Wednesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n

In his address to the Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that the ground, air, and naval forces of the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ would arrive in Ukraine as soon as a peace deal is reached. NATO countries will also help Kiev “in other ways,”<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reiterated on Monday that the deployment of Western military units and infrastructure to Ukraine “will be classified as a foreign intervention posing a direct threat to Russia’s security.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Putin warned last September that if any foreign troops arrive in the country, Russia will “proceed from the fact that these will be legitimate targets for their destruction.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu earlier said that the move could trigger World War III, potentially involving nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russia has warned that any Western troops sent to the country would be treated as \u201clegitimate targets\u201d and amount to outside intervention Kiev and its Western backers have drawn up a plan that envisages military forces from the US and European countries moving into Ukraine to fight Russian troops in…<\/p>\n

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