Will Western soldiers be sent to Ukraine?

According to Isna, the war in Ukraine will soon enter its third year in February 2025, and while the country’s forces are in a precarious situation, the West insists on sending weapons and military aid to Ukraine instead of focusing on a peaceful solution to end the war. .

According to “France24” News channel, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and other key leaders of the European Union in Brussels on Wednesday. This is while French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Kerr Starmer could not travel to Brussels due to what was called “scheduling interference”, but they have sent their foreign ministers to this meeting.

27 European Union leaders will gather in Brussels on Thursday for a day-long summit with a very busy agenda, including the war in Ukraine, the transition of power in Syria, continued protests in Georgia, migration policy and other issues, including under the leadership of Govt. President-elect Donald Trump will pay.

Despite the long list of issues, the high-level meeting is not expected to make progress on any of them.

This meeting will begin with the issue of the war in Ukraine and the possibility of Western forces going to Kiev, and one of the main concerns of Europe will be the beginning of the presidency of “Donald Trump”; The president-elect is likely to challenge Washington’s aid to Kiev.

Consultation on the deployment of troops to Ukraine is “very early”.

At the same time as he arrived in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, Zelensky emphasized the issue of a strong position and said: “Europe needs a united and strong position to ensure lasting peace.”

Regarding the sending of Western troops to Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Schultz told reporters in Brussels: “Consultation on the issue of sending troops to Ukraine is too early and it does not seem reasonable at the moment.”

He added: “Our priority is to ensure the sovereignty of Ukraine and it should not be forced to accept a dictated peace.”

This comment of the German chancellor is stated while the reports indicate the beginning of talks and consultations regarding the possibility of deploying European forces in Ukraine.

While this issue was raised in the recent meeting between Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, diplomats say it is too early to make concrete proposals in this regard.

“If we start discussing among ourselves now what a deal could look like, we will make it very easy for the Russians,” the NATO secretary general told reporters in Brussels. “Kiev’s allies should focus on increasing arms shipments and ask them not to discuss the possible terms of open negotiations.”

The request of Europeans from Ukraine to lower the age of enlistment

Zelensky and Macron, who met on Wednesday, apparently agreed to train Ukrainian forces on French soil.

The president of Ukraine wrote on X social network: “I thank Macron for preparing a brigade by France for our army and we agreed to continue this cooperation and prepare another brigade. We hope other partners will join this effort by helping equip additional Ukrainian brigades.”

Despite the approval of a new conscription law in May, the Ukrainian army has had many problems with sending replacement troops; Young men are reluctant to sign up for military service because its duration is at best indefinite and at worst irreversible. The leaders of Ukraine’s western partners want it to lower the minimum age of enlistment to 25 to increase the capacity of the reserve forces. But some political sensitivities and concern about the population crisis have prevented any change in this field.

Also, the lack of manpower in the Ukrainian army is so dire that the president of Ukraine signed a bill that would allow Ukrainian prisoners to join the army to fight against Russia.

Regarding the issue of sending foreign troops to Ukraine, British Defense Minister John Haley told The Times newspaper: “Britain should make the training more suitable for what the Ukrainians need during the trip to Kiev. “We need to make it easier for the Ukrainians to get access, and we need to work with the Ukrainians to deploy more troops.”

“We will do whatever we can to respond to what the Ukrainians want,” he said while pledging the £225m support package, when asked if it meant expanding the training of Ukrainian conscripts inside the UK. They are the ones who fight. “Britain should help Ukraine motivate and move more troops.”

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