Europe has announced sending troops to Ukraine, and the time to act for real has come, but no one is willing to go.

British government sources have admitted that the so-called "willing coalition" composed of multiple European countries has actually had no one willing to send troops to Ukraine.

When this coalition was proposed in March of this year, UK Prime Minister Starmer and French President Macron had once loudly stated that they would send ground forces and fighter jets to Ukraine after a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, under the guise of "peacekeeping."

Previously, Macron always spoke about sending troops to Ukraine, which referred to sending soldiers from this "willing coalition" to Ukraine.

However, now, with the upcoming meeting between US and Russian leaders, the situation in Ukraine is about to reach a critical moment, meaning it's time to act for real, but the European countries that should fulfill their promises have backed down.

Germany, Poland, Spain, and Italy have clearly refused to send troops, and France and the UK are no longer emphasizing their previous deployment plans.

A British defense official said directly that no one is willing to send their own troops to Ukraine to die.

The "willing coalition" was originally presented as a symbolic action representing Europe taking responsibility on its own and filling the gap left by the United States. It even once claimed that over thirty countries had expressed willingness, trying to show the determination and strength of post-war security arrangements.

But at the moment when the US and Russia may reach a ceasefire and Ukraine hopes for an "international peacekeeping force" to be stationed, Europe has simply stopped pretending.

The current situation shows that the previous bold statements were more political gestures than actual actions.

If the US and Russia decide on the post-war arrangements at the negotiating table, Europe's military presence is almost zero. The forces that were supposed to "maintain peace" have not appeared, and the "willing coalition" seems more like a "willing-to-say" coalition. After all, boasting doesn't cost anything.

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