UK, France strike new Ukraine security pact as US takes lead in ceasefire enforcement

The U.K. and France signed a declaration Tuesday pledging troops for Ukraine nether a aboriginal bid woody and with information guarantees supported by the U.S. and allied partners.

The declaration was adopted successful Paris by the Coalition of the Willing and sets retired what leaders said was a model for lasting bid betwixt Ukraine and Russia, acceptable successful planetary instrumentality and the principles of the United Nations Charter.

Russia’s full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful 2022, triggered Europe’s largest struggle since World War II.

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The Coalition of the Willing signs a Ukraine information statement with U.S. support, establishing a multinational unit and ceasefire monitoring mechanism. (Yoan VALAT / POOL / AFP via Getty Image)

The caller statement says that Ukraine’s sovereignty and its quality to support itself are non-negotiable elements of immoderate bid woody and warned that its self-defense is indispensable to its ain information and wider Euro-Atlantic stability.

Under the plan, a multinational unit for Ukraine would beryllium deployed erstwhile a ceasefire is successful place, aimed astatine deterring immoderate Russian aggression and supporting the rebuilding of Ukraine’s military.

The unit would beryllium European-led with projected enactment from the U.S.

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A Ukraine bid colony model was announced by Macron, Starmer and Zelenskyy with binding information guarantees and planetary enactment against Russia. (Tom Nicholson/Getty Images)

The declaration besides commits the Coalition to information guarantees that would beryllium activated erstwhile a ceasefire begins.

These see commitments to enactment Ukraine militarily, diplomatically and economically successful the lawsuit of a aboriginal equipped onslaught by Russia.

A cardinal U.S. relation is outlined successful plans for a continuous, U.S.-led ceasefire monitoring and verification mechanism, with contributions from partners.

The U.S. would enactment successful a peculiar committee to negociate ceasefire breaches, property work and find solutions.

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Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner be talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin astatine the Senate Palace of the Kremlin successful Moscow connected Dec. 2, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Coalition members besides agreed to transportation connected with semipermanent subject enactment for Ukraine and pledged defence cooperation, including training, defence accumulation and quality sharing.

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Leaders besides announced the instauration of a imperishable U.S.-Ukraine-Coalition coordination compartment based astatine the Coalition’s office successful Paris.

The declaration was unveiled astatine a associated quality league by French President Emmanuel Macron, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

This followed talks successful Paris which were attended by Jared Kushner and the U.S. peculiar envoy, Steve Witkoff.