In brief
The former NATO chief called for deployment before a peace deal to protect communities and critical infrastructure, freeing Ukrainian resources for the front.
Former NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Britain and France to send troops to Ukraine immediately, without waiting for a peace agreement, UNIAN reported, citing his interview with The Telegraph.
Rasmussen proposed using the troops as a deterrent force to protect communities and help defend critical infrastructure. He argued that deployment at Kyiv’s request would comply with international norms and free more Ukrainian resources for frontline fighting.
He also urged Germany, Spain and Greece to transfer all their Patriot interceptor missile stocks to Ukraine, and proposed extending NATO’s integrated air and missile defence systems to western Ukraine. He called on the EU to confiscate more than €200 billion in frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s defence budget.
These are Rasmussen’s proposals; UNIAN’s account does not describe agreed deployment decisions by Britain or France. The Telegraph warned that his ideas would likely divide European allies, according to UNIAN.
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