The UK will be forced to reduce existing military commitments in order to send troops to Ukraine, an expert and former senior official has said.

The UK is a leading member of the Coalition of the Willing , a group of around 30 countries set to offer Ukraine protection and recovery assistance at the end of the war.

The group has developed “mature operational plans” to deploy a “reassurance force” known as Multinational Force Ukraine once hostilities have ended, with the UK committing to supplying “boots on the ground and planes in the air”.

While no ceasefire agreement is imminent, US President Donald Trump is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin for bilateral talks about ending the war in Alaska next week.

The UK Government has remained tightlipped about its plans, incl

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