Italian information: a completely new Ukraine alliance in preparation

On Friday, the European Union’s leadership began to build a completely new alliance to support Ukraine after the EU Government Summit ended on Thursday and Friday night.

The Italian news agency reported this issue Ansa and Italy’s largest newspaper Corriere della Seraaccording to which the chairman of the European Council António CostaChairman of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the union’s high foreign policy representative Kaja Kallas held a video conference on the Ukraine on Friday night Kristrún FrostadóttirinNorwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr StørenPresident of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoganin and the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer with.

According to Italian information, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Japan, with whom the EU leadership will later negotiate later, will also be involved in the new alliance.

According to Corriere della Sera, the intention is to bring all these countries into the EU defense package, which can receive a federation of EUR 150 billion for the defense industry for joint procurement.

On Friday, von der Leyen emphasized that Norway and Iceland may already be able to participate in the package directly because they are members of the EU cohesive market. Other countries, such as Britain, Canada or Turkey, could participate under certain conditions.

According to Italian information, the meeting also discussed Ukraine security guarantees and possible posting of troops as part of a possible ceasefire agreement.

Ansa news agency says that the UN and possibly the United States would also be involved.

“The UN peacekeepers from outside Europe would be sent to the demilitarized area to observe the ceasefire compliance. The second line would consist of Ukraine troops. The third among those who could be placed on the Western Ukraine border. The fourth would be US support, but so far President Donald Trump Has always stated that he is not available to give any military support, ”Ansa writes.

In practice, it is a cooperation between the so-called Ukraine coalition of the so-called willing countries and EU countries that support Ukraine. The next Ukraine meeting is hosted by the French President Emmanuel Macron Thursday in Paris.

Starmer justified Ukrainian security guarantees on Friday night that without them the Russian President Vladimir Putin does not respect any kind of ceasefire agreement. The statement reported, among other things, BBC.

According to Starmer, the British -led “willing” coalition of “willing countries”, which gathered this week, is now moving from “politics to military planning”.