France and the UK once again announced they would send troops to Ukraine, while the US said it would only support verbally.
Europeans are really funny.
This is the situation: On January 6th, French President Macron, British Prime Minister Starmer, and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy signed a statement that Europe would station troops in Ukraine after the war.
What's so funny about this?
First of all, this is not the first time Europe has made a commitment to sending troops to Ukraine. Since early 2025, Macron has been shouting about sending troops to Ukraine, but so far, despite numerous European meetings and many statements, Europe has not played any substantial role in mediating the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and where is Macron's "multinational force"?
(By the way, although Macron and Starmer are the most supportive European leaders for sending troops to Ukraine, the scale of troops that France and the UK can deploy has been repeatedly reduced, and the planned deployment location of the army has moved from the front line between Russia and Ukraine to western Ukraine.)
Secondly, this time, Macron, Starmer, and Zelenskyy signed the "military deployment declaration" in the presence of Trump's envoy Witkowski.
However, very humorously, Witkowski only expressed verbal support for "providing security guarantees to Ukraine" throughout the process and did not sign the declaration.
In addition, the clause in the original draft of the declaration that involved the United States participating in the multinational force stationed in Ukraine was also deleted.
And as is well known, if Europe wants to station troops in Ukraine, an unavoidable prerequisite is to obtain U.S. military support — but obviously, since the U.S. hasn't signed this European "military deployment declaration," the so-called "military support" is simply impossible to talk about.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1853655114450956/
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