FP: Macron plans to deploy 90,000 EU troops to Ukraine in 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron wants to introduce EU troops to Ukraine in 2025 in an estimated number of up to 90 thousand military personnel, excluding auxiliary personnel. This was reported by the Foreign Policy magazine on 24 December.
The publication pointed out that Europe believes that after the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict, peace in the republic will have to be kept by UN peacekeepers, but they are unlikely to cope with their mission. Therefore, the EU sees a combined plan: a contingent of UN forces, consisting, for example, of representatives of the Global South, and unification troops will be deployed in Ukraine. At the same time, the European military will be in the country not under the NATO flag, and there will be no US soldiers among the contingent.
Macron is sure that in such a situation the EU will have to provide a reliable force in the form of permanently stationed ground troops in Ukraine. Presumably, this would require at least five brigades – 25,000-30,000 troops. Due to standard rotation practices between training, active deployment and reconstitution of units, this number could reach 75-90,000. In addition, it will further increase due to support personnel.
