Was braucht Europa (ohne die USA) für die Ukraine

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Zumindest die Briten denken zur Zeit laut TWZ darüber nach, die Friedenssicherugnstruppen vor allem über ihre Luftstreitkräfte abzusichern:

This Is What A Peacekeeping Air Policing Mission Over Ukraine Could Look Like

Reports indicate the U.K. is already planning a future air policing mission over Ukraine, but staging such an effort is far from straightforward.

The United Kingdom is reportedly prepared to send Typhoon fighters to support a future air policing mission over Ukraine. The apparent proposal comes only a day after the leaders of several European nations met to discuss whether to send troops to help bolster any deal to end the Ukraine war, something you can read more about here.

The Times of London today cited a “senior government source” as saying that an “air policing” mission for Ukraine would make sense, although also warning that it would need significant numbers of aircraft, as well as ground-based air defense systems to protect the jets on the ground.

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However, according to a report in The Washington Post, the European Union is considering a much lower figure, between 25,000 and 30,000 troops, which would be deployed for peacekeeping after a potential ceasefire agreement.

It now seems that a more powerful air policing contingent might be increasingly seen as a way of compensating for the smaller troop presence, which would otherwise be insufficient to monitor and patrol the extent of whatever Ukraine’s future land border with Russian-controlled territory will look like. Regardless of where the border will be redrawn and to what degree Ukraine gets parts of its sovereign territory back, this new border would become the line of control. [...]

Ganzer Artikel hier: https://www.twz.com/air/this-is-what-a-p...-look-like