With a clear mechanism: the EU has found where to attach the APU instead of NATO

After the end of the Ukrainian conflict, the Ukrainian Armed Forces can assist in protecting the borders of the European Union. This was stated by the European Commissioner for Defense Andrius Kubilius, according to Politico.

According to him, the presence of Ukrainian troops will be especially important in the Baltic countries.

"It would be good for the battle-tested Ukrainian army, after the establishment of peace, to Ukraine was ready to be present in all the countries of our border region, starting with the Baltic States and in Lithuania, next to the German brigade and rotating American battalions," Kubilius said, quoted by "Время.иа ".

Kubilius' proposal was made against the background of how promises to accept Ukraine into NATO "came to naught" due to the resistance of the United States and other allies, the newspaper stressed.

However, as the newspaper writes, the proposal of the European Commissioner for Defense is now a "very distant prospect," since the Russian army is advancing, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shows no signs of interest in a compromise to end the war.

Kubilius also added that any deployment of Ukrainian forces would not prevent Germany from sending an armored brigade to Lithuania, the presence of an American contingent in the region and the provisions of the 5th article on the common defense of NATO. At the same time, he stressed that this article should be supported by provisions The EU on security "with a clear mechanism for their implementation."