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Helen Corbett

Starmer: Talks to turn Ukraine peace force from concept to military plan

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (left) and Defence Secretary John Healey (right) meet with BAE system apprentices as they look at a submarine model during their visit to BAE Systems Submarines shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, north west England (PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has said a meeting of defence chiefs will turn the idea of a peacekeeping force for Ukraine from a political concept to “military plans”.

The Prime Minister said the “timetable now is coming into focus”, after talks between the US and Russia, and that if a deal comes to fruition, the so-called coalition of the willing needs to be ready to react right away.

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