British and French officials who were preparing plans for a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine discussed their actions in the event of US President Donald Trump's refusal to provide military support to Kyiv.
This is reported by The Daily Telegraph.
According to the publication, the Europeans reached an agreement to shift the emphasis from the deployment of European troops to ensuring the long-term defense of Ukraine against a russian invasion without American support.
"There is now a genuine concern that the US president will follow through on his threat to walk away from his role as a mediator, having failed to bring Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table," the journalistic material says.
One of the European diplomats said that the main focus was on how to maintain the necessary support for Ukraine, based on the assumption that the US would provide only limited resources, such as intelligence.
There was also agreement on the need to increase economic pressure on Russia.
European leaders also agreed to invite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to next month’s NATO summit in The Hague, whose participation had previously been in doubt due to Trump’s strong opposition to Ukraine’s entry into the alliance.
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