European force rehearses possible post-war Ukraine deployment
Conflict · First reported 3 Nov, 00:07 · Updated 00:40
Britain and France are leading a November exercise in Poland to test how a multinational force could deploy to Ukraine if hostilities end. The reports describe plans for around 2,800 troops, with the force intended to support Ukraine rather than conduct offensive operations or peacekeeping.
- Exercise Koalicja is scheduled for 9–22 November in Poland and will rehearse moving, supplying and coordinating a multinational force across land, sea and air.
- The force would deploy only after hostilities end; officials say its purpose is to reassure Ukraine and support rebuilding its armed forces, not to conduct offensive operations or monitor a ceasefire.
- The participating countries’ eventual commitments and the force’s final composition remain uncertain, while Russia opposes foreign troops being stationed in Ukraine.
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Key facts
- Exercise dates
- 9–22 November
- Location
- Poland; Euronews places land and air activity around Nowa Deba in the southeast.
- Personnel
- Around 2,800 troops
- UK contribution
- 300 troops; the BBC also reports two RAF Typhoons.
- Purpose
- Test readiness to deploy a support force to Ukraine if hostilities end.
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Background
- An earlier Lux summary reported plans for a November Coalition of the Willing exercise in southeastern Poland involving 2,800 troops; it noted that one report counted 11 participating nations.
- A separate earlier Lux summary said the US planned to bring Russian and Ukrainian delegations together in Abu Dhabi on November 10–11 for talks that reportedly included post-war security agreements and de-escalation.
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