{"id":434856,"date":"2025-09-04T19:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T17:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2025\/09\/04\/ucraina-26-paesi-forniranno-garanzie-di-sicurezza-a-kiev-ma-tutti-aspettano-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T20:01:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:01:29","slug":"ukraine-security-guarantees-from-26-countries-yet-all-eyes-are-on-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2025\/09\/04\/ukraine-security-guarantees-from-26-countries-yet-all-eyes-are-on-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine: Security guarantees from 26 countries, yet all eyes are on Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – The meeting of the Coalition of the Willing,<\/strong> held in Paris this morning, confirmed the availability of 26 countries<\/strong> to participate in various capacities in security guarantees for Ukraine<\/strong>. The Europeans will offer Kyiv land, air, and sea assets<\/strong> to monitor the terms of a possible ceasefire, which, however, is not yet on the horizon. The leaders of the Old Continent then spoke to Donald Trump<\/strong>, agreeing on more coordination on future sanctions against Russia<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Despite a thousand uncertainties, the fog is beginning to clear around the notorious security guarantees<\/strong> that Kyiv’s Western allies are supposed to provide to Ukraine once the war, which has been going on for more than three and a half years, is over. At their meeting held this morning<\/a> (4 September) in the French capital, the leaders of the Coalition of the Willing<\/strong> discussed the main elements around which postwar peacekeeping should be centered, as outlined yesterday by the chiefs of staff. <\/p>\n

Physically present at the meeting convened by Emmanuel Macron<\/strong> were, in addition to Volodymyr Zelensky<\/strong>, several leaders of the 35-member Coalition, including Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk<\/strong>, Finnish President Alexander Stubb,<\/strong> and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen<\/strong>, plus European Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa<\/strong>, Commission number leader Ursula von der Leyen,<\/strong> and White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff<\/strong>. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer<\/strong> co-chaired the meeting remotely, while Giorgia Meloni<\/strong> and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz<\/strong> also joined online.<\/p>\n

\"Volodymyr<\/a>
Ukranian president Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron (photo via Imgagoeconomica)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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According to the host, “26 countries have pledged”<\/strong> to participate in the so-called “reassurance force<\/a>” to stabilise Ukraine in the post-conflict period, providing assets of various kinds<\/strong> for the three main components of this operation, “by land, by sea, or by air<\/strong>.” Zelensky described as a “victory”<\/strong> the availability of such a large number of allies, adding that “we are also counting on the support of the United States<\/strong>,” which will be defined in detail “in the coming days.” An official list of the 26 countries mentioned was not provided.<\/p>\n

The first pillar of such a reassurance force will therefore be a multinational land force<\/strong> deployed far from the frontline<\/strong>, unlike in t<\/em>raditional peacekeeping, where foreign soldiers are placed between the belligerent armies along the line of contact. The only certainty is that the Europeans will have to provide the troops<\/strong>, but for now, it is unclear how many soldiers will be committed or, more importantly, what rules of engagement<\/strong> will be in place.<\/p>\n

The second element will be the protection of the Ukrainian skies<\/strong>, patrolled by the fighters of the Willing. Again, some key details remain unclear, such as whether pilots will have to impose a<\/strong> no-fly zone or only take to the air to provide air support<\/strong> if necessary. Finally, there will be a naval mission<\/strong> to de-mine the Ukrainian coastline and make the Black Sea trade routes navigable again.<\/p>\n

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US president Donald Trump (photo via Imagoeconomica)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The most intricate issue to resolve remains the deployment of soldiers on the ground<\/strong>. The Europeans seem reluctant to expose themselves directly, especially until the US specifies what its contribution<\/strong> will be. Washington has already stated that it will not send ground troops<\/strong>, a stance also shared by Italy<\/strong>, Germany,<\/strong> and Poland<\/strong>. Providing soldiers should be the responsibility of France<\/strong>, among others, which is, however, in the grip of a deep political crisis<\/a> and could soon<\/strong> be without a government.<\/p>\n

Meloni reiterated “the proposal for a collective security defence mechanism<\/strong> inspired by Article 5 of the Washington Treaty<\/strong>” (NATO’s mutual defence clause) and reiterated “Italy’s unwillingness to send soldiers<\/strong> to Ukraine”. On the other hand, the premier signalled openness to “initiatives to monitor and train outside the Ukrainian borders<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the core of any future security guarantee will be the Ukrainian armed forces, <\/strong>the Coalition of the Willing keeps repeating. “We must turn Ukraine into a steel porcupine<\/strong>, indigestible to present and future aggressors,” von der Leyen reiterated in this regard, promising that “Europe will continue to train<\/strong> Ukrainian soldiers”. <\/p>\n

At the end of the meeting, some leaders spoke to Donald Trump<\/strong> on the phone to update him on the outcome of the talks. According to Macron, the US president agreed to work more closely with European allies on future sanctions against Russia<\/strong> and, potentially, also China<\/strong>, aiming to hit Moscow’s energy exports<\/strong> in particular. According to Zelensky, the tycoon<\/em> is reportedly “very unhappy<\/strong>” that Hungary<\/strong> and Slovakia<\/strong> are continuing to buy Russian fossil fuels<\/strong> (precisely why Budapest and Bratislava have long been
\nin direct conflict<\/a> with Kyiv).<\/p>\n

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Russian president Vladimir Putin (photo via Imagoeconomica)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Meanwhile, diplomatic efforts <\/strong>to resolve the decade-long Russo-Ukrainian crisis appear to have hit a dead end<\/strong>. After the August 15 face-to-face meeting<\/a> with Vladimir Putin<\/strong>, Trump had been confident about the chances of mediating an agreement soon<\/strong>, to be confirmed through a bilateral Putin-Zelensky<\/strong> meeting and possibly a trilateral meeting with the tycoon<\/em> himself. In recent weeks, however, the prospects of a breakthrough in the talks
\nfaded quickly,<\/a> and the positions of the belligerents<\/strong> remain reciprocally unacceptable<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Even Trump, who in the past had boasted that he could end the war “in 24 hours,” recently admitted that “it seems a bit more difficult”<\/strong> to bring an end to hostilities while the Federation continues to bombard Ukraine heavily.<\/a> The White House occupant never followed through on his threats to impose “severe tariffs”<\/strong> on the Kremlin if the tsar refused a truce. Just yesterday, Putin again provoked Zelensky by inviting him to Moscow to negotiate<\/strong>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On paper, the Coalition of the Willing commits to a broad effort to monitor a possible end to hostilities. Volodymyr Zelensky proclaims “victory,” but the war continues, and the Europeans do not want to take risks until Washington does<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7876,"featured_media":434852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25707],"tags":[26042,26458,25802,30795,31856,26260,26064,30614],"class_list":["post-434856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-politics","tag-coalition-of-the-willing-en","tag-donald-trump-en","tag-emmanuel-macron-en","tag-giorgia-meloni-en","tag-guarantees-safety-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7876"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":434857,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434856\/revisions\/434857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}