Global & US Headlines
Kyiv Security Talks Set UK-France Troop Commitments as Litmus Test for 'Coalition of the Willing'
On 3 Jan 2026, during a Kyiv meeting with 18 visiting European security advisers, President Zelenskyy insisted that British and French forces be deployed to Ukraine immediately after any cease-fire, making their boots-on-the-ground presence a pre-condition for finalising a 20-point peace deal and an $800 billion reconstruction pact to be endorsed at a Paris summit days later.