- The UK has reportedly scaled back its plans for deploying troops to Ukraine, now proposing a smaller “reassurance force” to support peace efforts.
- This revised plan involves a force providing logistical support, armament, and training, rather than contributing to a larger 30,000-strong coalition that was planned earlier.
- Military chiefs have since reportedly dropped that plan, instead favouring a smaller, “more realistic” operation.
- Sir Keir Starmer is meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Downing Street on Thursday.
- A historic summit between US President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is set for Friday in Alaska to discuss the future of the war.
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