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Christopher McKeon

Healey hosts ‘coalition of the willing’ as plans for Ukraine force continue

John Healey said plans for a ‘reassurance force’ were ‘real and substantial’ (Oli Scarff/PA) - (PA Wire)

Plans for a peacekeeping force in Ukraine are “real and substantial”, the Defence Secretary has said, at the start of a further meeting of the “coalition of the willing”.

John Healey opened the meeting of defence ministers from 30 countries, at Nato headquarters in Brussels, with a call for allies to put more pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine.

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