{"id":1099707,"date":"2025-02-23T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1099707"},"modified":"2025-02-22T11:06:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T09:06:05","slug":"a-very-good-start-eu-ambassador-on-plans-to-deploy-30-000-peacekeepers-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/a-very-good-start-eu-ambassador-on-plans-to-deploy-30-000-peacekeepers-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A Very Good Start&#8221;: EU Ambassador on Plans to Deploy 30,000 &#8220;Peacekeepers&#8221; in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The European Union Ambassador to Ukraine, Katar\u00edna Mathernov\u00e1, believes that forming a coalition of countries willing to send their troops to Ukraine is an important step toward providing real security guarantees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She stated this in an interview with &#8220;Ukrainian Radio.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Mathernov\u00e1, securing a commitment to form a contingent of 30,000 European soldiers &#8220;would be a major step for Ukraine.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She noted that such a commitment &#8220;would become an extremely powerful symbol on the path to reliable security guarantees.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In other words, if a coalition of willing nations\u2014if the countries you mentioned and others that have expressed willingness to send their soldiers here, to Ukraine\u2014could gather 30,000 troops together, I think that would be a very, very good start,&#8221; 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