Security guarantees: These are the European countries willing to send troops to Ukraine

Published on 21/08/2025 - 7:00 GMT+2

European countries are successful a unreserved to finalise information guarantees for Ukraine up of a imaginable gathering betwixt Ukraine's Zelenskyy and Russia's Putin that could return spot successful nan coming weeks.

Some 30 countries person been successful talks since February arsenic portion of a alleged "Coalition of nan Willing", pinch nan deployment of a "reassurance force" to deter Russia from immoderate further attacks 1 of nan ideas connected nan table.

"Our Chiefs of Staff person worked connected it wrong nan conjugation of nan willing. Several states are fresh to do so, from training to logistics, to a beingness successful non-hot zones, that is, not connected nan beforehand line, not successful contested territories, but to person a beingness of allied forces alongside Ukraine," French President Macron said connected Sunday.

Donald Trump made it clear connected Tuesday that nan US will not person boots connected nan crushed but astir 10 countries are fresh to lend troops, according to Bloomberg.

The Yes Camp

The 2 co-chairs of nan Coalition of nan Willing, France and nan UK, are in.

"We are fresh to put UK boots connected nan crushed successful Ukraine successful portion to reassure Ukrainians," British Defence Secretary John Healey told nan BBC past week.

He added that nan ngo could beryllium to unafraid aerial and oversea defence and to train nan Ukrainian military.

The caput of nan British equipped forces, Tony Radakin, was expected to reiterate this willingness to his American counterparts connected Wednesday during a sojourn to Washington.

Belgium, arsenic good arsenic Baltic states Lithuania and Estonia, person besides said they guidelines fresh to nonstop troops.

Dainius Žikevičius, an advisor to Lithuania's president, told nan news outlet 15min.lt successful an question and reply released connected Sunday that nan ngo could beryllium akin to nan erstwhile NATO ngo successful Afghanistan. Žikevičius added that nan number of soldiers is being discussed now, but he did not uncover immoderate numbers.

Estonia's Prime Minister Kirsten Michal reaffirmed his willingness to supply troops this week, noting nevertheless that "it is important that activity continues connected nan details".

The maybes

The 3rd Baltic state, Latvia, remains undecided. President Edgars Rinkēvičs said it's to determine connected sending troops to Ukraine, and that their determination will dangle connected nan different information guarantees that will beryllium provided. He told location outlet Delfi that nan state will find its domiciled successful nan ngo aft a bid woody is reached and information guarantees are finalised.

Sweden's authorities is besides reportedly connected nan obstruction and needs further explanation connected whether nan ngo will beryllium astir peacekeeping, deterrence aliases reassurance.

The No camp

Germany's Foreign Minister, Johann Wadephul, told a podcast connected Monday that nan state has small capacity to nonstop troops to Ukraine but would alternatively supply important elements for nan information guarantees.

Viktor Orbán's authorities made it clear respective times that troops from Hungary will not beryllium deployed to Ukraine and that Budapest will besides not proviso immoderate subject intends to its neighbour.

“There are not and will not beryllium immoderate plans to nonstop nan Polish subject to Ukraine," Poland's Deputy Prime Minister made very clear successful a station connected X backmost successful May.

"Poland is jointly responsible for defending NATO's eastbound flank and for providing logistical support to its attacked neighbour, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz besides wrote.

Similarly, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said backmost successful March that sending Italian troops to Ukraine "is not being planned".

Both nan Netherlands and Spain person meantime said they guidelines fresh to return portion successful information guarantees to fortify Ukraine's service but that it did not impact sending troops.