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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026) that any deployment of U.K. forces under a declaration signed with France and Ukraine would beryllium taxable to a parliamentary vote.
Mr. Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed connected Tuesday (January 7, 2026) a declaration of intent outlining the deployment of forces successful the lawsuit a bid woody is reached.
“I volition support the location updated arsenic the concern develops, and were troops to beryllium deployed nether the declaration signed, I would enactment that substance to the location for a vote,” Mr. Starmer told parliament.
He said the fig of troops would be determined nether U.K. subject plans which are presently being drawn.
Mr. Starmer also said helium had spoken to U.S. President Donald Trump astir information guarantees for Ukraine doubly implicit Christmas and assured lawmakers determination was “no question of acting connected this without afloat treatment with the Americans”.
The British premier’s remarks travel a time aft the United States backed a wide conjugation of Ukraine’s allies, which includes Britain, successful vowing to supply information guarantees to enactment the state if Russia attacks again.
