Great -Britain could send Typhoon fighter jets to the police of Ukrainian skies as part of a peace agreement with Russia, has been unveiled.
Sir Keir Starmer is willing to send British troops to the war-torn country as part of the efforts to enforce a possible cease-fire.
The prime minister put forward the plans for yesterday's conversations between the US and Russia, held in Saudia Arabia, to possibly end the three -year conflict.
After the meeting, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rejected the prospect of international peace forces in Ukraine as 'completely unacceptable'.
But some have rejected this as the opening position of Moscow at the start of peace talks.
According to the Times, British ministers have discussed ways to offer security guarantees without the need for a large number of troops on site.
A senior government source told the newspaper that there could be an 'air police' mission, together with air defense systems to protect jets over Ukrainian skies.
It is among the concern that European countries alone are unable to offer enough troops to patrol the 700 miles of Ukraine with Russia.
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zensky has claimed that 110,000 foreign troops may be needed to guarantee peace.
Groot -Britain could send Typhoon fighter jets to the police of Ukrainian skies as part of a peace agreement with Russia, it has been unveiled
Sir Keir Starmer is willing to send British troops to the country torn by war as part of efforts to maintain a possible cease-fire
Ukrainian troops are depicted to shoot to Russian positions near Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region
An air police mission by British can be modeled on the NATO missions that are already taking place over the Baltic states, with fighter jets that may be located in Poland.
Sir Keir and other high ministers are determined that a peace arrangement between Ukraine and Russia with an American backstop must come.
Defense secretary John Healey said yesterday that it was' only the US who can give the deterrent 'to Russian President Vladimir Putin' who will prevent him again. “
Mr. Healey also avoided how many troops -Britain was willing to commit to a peace force in Ukraine.
One of his predecessors as Minister of Defense, former Tory Member of Parliament Sir Ben Wallace, today hit 'Fake News' who is spoken by the White House over Ukraine.
In a candid attack on the government of US President Donald Trump, Sir Ben accused Mr. Trump of the parrotation of 'Kremlin talk points'.
“I think what President Trump learns is that if you don't have a skin in the game, you don't get to decide the fate of Ukraine,” he posted on social media.
“I'm sure they all enjoyed their 4 -hour conversations … but they probably shouldn't have wasted their time.”
Defense Secretary John Healey said yesterday that it was 'only the US who can give the deterrent' to Russian President Vladimir Putin (photo) 'that will prevent him again'
It came after Mr Trump had made an unfounded claim that Ukraine started the conflict when he was asked about Kyiv who felt betrayed by being pronounced of conversations between the US and Russia.
The American president said: 'I hear that they are upset that they have no place, well, they have taken a place for three years and long before. This could have been arranged very easily. '
Mr. Trump added: 'You should never have started it. You could have closed a deal. '
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Defense said: “As the prime minister said after the Parisian top of Monday, we are still in the early stages of the trial.
“But Britain will play a leading role in supporting a permanent peace in Ukraine that protects its sovereignty and will scare Putin further aggression in the future.”
