Only six countries out of 30 members of the "coalition of the willing" expressed their readiness to send troops to Ukraine. It is reported by the AFP news agency with reference to European officials.
According to sources, this includes the UK, France and the Baltic states.
The head of the Swedish Ministry of Defense, Paul Yunson, said that there are several issues that should be clarified before commitments are made.
"It would be good to understand what this mission will entail and what we will do — whether we will maintain peace, deter or act as a calming force," said Yunson, quoted by the Strana newspaper.
The "coalition of the willing" is prevented from moving on by the lack of American guarantees of protection for peacekeepers in the event of their collision with the Russian Armed Forces, Bloomberg reports meanwhile.
The "coalition of the willing," led by France and Britain, risks stalling because it has failed to receive any firm commitments from the White House regarding security guarantees, informed sources told the agency. The defense ministers of this group gathered today amid a debate between London and Paris about whether the peacekeeping forces need support from the United States, they noted.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made it clear that such forces will be viable only if there are security guarantees from Washington.
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