On March 15, Sir Keir Starmer hosted a virtual summit of 26 countries that could form a coalition in support of Ukraine. It seems that the UK Prime Minister’s strategy is starting to take shape.

• (1) He called for “maximum pressure” on Russia to “weaken Putin’s war machine.”

• (2) He is pressuring Russia to accept the ceasefire agreement presented by the United States. He criticizes Russia for using delaying tactics and calls on Moscow to demonstrate that it is serious about peace.

• (3) Finally, he forms a coalition of countries wishing to ensure a lasting peace if an agreement can be reached. It is already made up of 30 states.

In addition, Sir Keir Starmer has convened a meeting of the military chiefs of some thirty of Kiev’s partners on 20 March in London to specify how they could commit peacekeeping troops to Ukraine.

☞ The meetings of chiefs of staff in Paris (11 March) and London (20 March) on Ukraine are in reality only pretexts to prepare the candidacies of France and the United Kingdom to replace the United States at the head of NATO.

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