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France and Britain to lead mission to support a future Ukrainian peace deal

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the so-called Coalition of the Willing summit at the Elysée Palace, March 27, 2025. AP - Ludovic Marin

President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that France and the United Kingdom would lead efforts to send a "reassurance force" to Ukraine after any future peace deal with Russia, even if the idea was not approved by all their European allies.

"These reassurance forces are a British-French proposition that is desired by Ukraine," Macron said after a summit in Paris on Thursday of more than two dozen allies of Ukraine – the so-called Coalition of the Willing.

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