Security guarantees for Ukraine are considered an absolutely key element of the peace negotiations conducted at the end of 2025, because without them – according to Kiev and many experts – any agreement would only be a short-term truce before another Russian aggression.
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Peace plan for Ukraine. How many soldiers will Europe send?
According to unofficial findings of the “Die Welt” daily, quoted by TVP Info, European countries are ready to send 10-15 thousand to Ukraine. soldiers during the first half-year after the end of hostilities on the front.
According to a German newspaper monitoring of the ceasefire from the air and sea is to be ensured by countries neighboring Ukraine.
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“Die Welt” refers to unspecified diplomatic sources in Brussels. Indicates that the plans were developed by military experts from the British and French armed forces in cooperation with Brussels.
France and Great Britain are to be the leaders in security guarantees.
Peace plan for Ukraine. What is the role of the US?
Recently, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the United States' offer of 15-year security guarantees, although the Ukrainian side proposes extending them to up to 50 years in order to effectively deter Moscow in the future.
The proposed solutions assume mechanisms similar to Art. 5 NATO, including the presence of international monitoring missions and military support, which is intended to ensure the durability of a possible ceasefire. However, the dispute on this issue remains deep, as Russia consistently opposes the deployment of Western troops and demands Ukraine's neutrality, while for Western partners, solid guarantees are the only way to stabilize the region.
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Despite these discrepancies, at the end of December 2025, negotiators signaled a convergence of positions, assessing the progress in work on the peace plan at nearly 95%.
