When Volodymyr Zelensky was asked to describe the security guarantees finalised for Ukraine at the Coalition of the Willing summit in Paris yesterday, the word he reached for was ‘theoretical’. Theoretical guarantees for a theoretical ceasefire: 26 countries pledging, in theory, to support peace in Ukraine on land, sea and in the air after the war ends. With Vladimir Putin actively regrouping his troops for an autumn push to seize the rest of the Donetsk region, nobody knows when this war’s end might be.

The plan on the table is a shadow of what Kyiv was promised a year ago

The plan on the table is a shadow of what Kyiv was promised a year ago. Ukraine’s allies will commit to deploying ‘more than’ 10,000 troops, mainly from France and the UK, down from the 100,000-strong force once discu

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