NATO troops in Ukraine, French, Polish war plan unveiled

Nearly 400,000 Western troops are willing to deploy to Ukraine. The popular political magazine, which quotes senior European officials, has made this known. It appears that this plan is expected to be discussed during the meeting that French President Emmanuel Macron will hold with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Thursday.

“is true”, The EU diplomat confirmed when asked about a Polish media report claiming the two countries were talking about a possible 40,000-strong peacekeeping force composed of troops from foreign countries. The diplomat did not elaborate on which countries soldiers might come from.

The meeting of two key European leaders comes amid growing fears that the upcoming administration of Donald Trump will force Europeans to take on more of the military responsibilities in Ukraine. However, a senior Polish official said they were surprised by Macron's reported proposal.

This is not a formula that would allow us to make such a decision”, the French official said, adding that peacekeeping missions should be established under the United Nations or the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, not a bilateral discussion with the French president. Sending Polish troops to Ukraine “would make sense only in one NATO format” They said the sources for Politico. 

The peacekeeping force's proposal is divided by Macron's earlier idea of sending military instructors to Ukraine during the ongoing war.

Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky apparently referred to such a plan when he met with Friedrich Merz, Germany's next possible Chancellor.

It is very clear that the outcome of the war and the gaining of peace is possible only when Ukraine is in NATO and the EU”, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanisina told POLITICO.

Elysée presidential palace said in a statement that Macron was travelling to Poland to discuss Ukraine “in a new transatlantic context”. A Macron spokesman did not comment on this story.