Ray Furlong
Another week of military planning and diplomacy will again underline the divisions between Washington and its European allies over policy on Ukraine, with two key meetings on successive days at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
The United States will be absent from the first and also looks set to play no major role in the second, as European countries seek to forge ahead with their own plans.
The first gathering on April 10 will bring together Defense Ministers from the so-called coalition of the willing , which also includes non-European countries such as Canada and Australia.
The 30-nation group formed in early March following an explosive bust-upbetween US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House. Among its chief goals is the creation of a military force to deploy to Ukraine following a cease-fire or peace deal.
A big problem for creating the force is that many nations, including Britain, have said that it would only be possible with a “US backstop,” meaning air support, logistics, and intelligence.
So far, there’s been no clear signal from the United States that it’s ready to help.
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