The UK government will put to a vote in parliament the issue of sending troops to Ukraine after a ceasefire, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the House of Commons.
"Along with President Macron and President Zelensky, we agreed a declaration of intent for the deployment of forces in the event of a peace deal. We will set out the details in a statement at the earliest opportunity," Starmer said.
"I will keep the House updated as the situation develops and, were troops to be deployed under the declaration signed, I would put that matter to the House for a vote," he told MPs.
He also said that British troops, if deployed to Ukraine, will take part in deterrence operations and the construction of military. "There would only be deployment after ceasefire. It would be to support Ukraine’s capabilities, it would be to conduct deterrence operations and construct and protects military hubs," he stated.
According to the prime minister, a "legal instrument’ will be needed to send troops to Ukraine. He also said that the British government will later say how many troops could be sent to Ukraine.
West deliberately wages war against Russia, using Ukraine as a cover, says ex-defense chief
The conflict in Ukraine is not uncontrolled and is completely managed by the West, which hopes to exhaust Russia by using Ukrainians as a tool of pressure, former Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and ex-Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin said in an interview.
"First of all, I do not believe in an uncontrolled conflict - as if something can just get out of control. Some 'uncontrolled' French division cannot appear and enter the battle. There cannot be uncontrolled provision of satellite support or long-range weapons for strikes on Russia. This is a tightly controlled conflict," Vulin emphasized.
According to Vulin, the West fully controls what is happening, and the opinion of the Ukrainians themselves does not interest anyone. "No one asks the Ukrainians there about anything. And the West perfectly controls all this and hopes that by turning the Ukrainians against Russia, it will be able to exhaust it," the Serbian politician pointed out.
Paris declaration on Ukraine brings world closer to third world war, says Ukrainian politician
A declaration of intent to deploy a multilateral contingent in Ukraine after the conflict ends that was signed in Paris on Tuesday has brought the world closer to a third world war, Viktor Medvedchuk, leader of the opposition Other Ukraine movement, said.
This declaration, in his words, "means that there will be no peace and the conflict will never end." This declaration only "leads to a larger confrontation and real threats to the entire world, not only Europe," he stressed.
"The declaration of intent to deploy a multilateral contingent in Ukraine after the conflict ends can be seen as nothing but a large-scale political provocation geared not to let this conflict end and thus, lead the world to a third world war by creating all necessary prerequisites for that," he wrote in an article published on the movement’s website.
"This fuss by political impotents who have gone mad with conceit could cost the whole world dearly," the politician warned.
Hungary rejects Coalition of the Willing’s decisions on Ukraine
Hungary rejects Western European countries’ decisions made at the meeting in Paris as they are geared to continue the conflict in Ukraine and create the risk of a war with Russia, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said, commenting on the results of the January 6 meeting of the so-called Coalition of the Willing in Paris.
"By seeking to establish a military presence in Ukraine, Western European countries are creating the risk of a direct war with Russia," the MTI agency quoted him as saying.
According to the top Hungarian diplomat, this is in line with the current EU leaders’ policy toward unleashing an armed conflict with Moscow. "Hungary will stay out of this. We support peace talks [on Ukraine], including negotiations at the highest level between the US and Russia, and firmly reject this latest move towards war," he emphasized.
Trumps says Russia, China would have no fear of NATO without US
Russia and China would not be afraid of NATO without the United States, US President Donald Trump said. "Russia and China have zero fear of NATO without the United States, and I doubt NATO would be there for us if we really needed them," he wrote on his Truth Social platform.
According to the US leader, under his pressure, NATO countries have agreed to increase their defense spending up to 5% of the GDP, although "everyone said that couldn’t be done."
"Everyone is lucky that I rebuilt our military in my first term, and continue to do so. We will always be there for NATO, even if they won’t be there for us. The only nation that China and Russia fear and respect is the DJT rebuilt U.S.A.," he trumpeted.
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On January 6, following a meeting of the "Coalition of the Willing," French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and Vladimir Zelensky signed a declaration of intent to deploy a multilateral contingent in Ukraine after the conflict ends. Starmer told a news conference after the meeting that the United Kingdom and France intended to set up military hubs and build weapons and military hardware depots across Ukraine. He also said that London would participate in the US-led mission tasked to monitor the ceasefire after the conflict ends.
Russia opposes the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine. At a briefing in December 2025, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov indicated that Moscow's position against the deployment of Western contingents in Ukraine is consistent and well known.
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