The mission to control the ceasefire in Ukraine should be included not only by the military from Europe, but also by soldiers from other countries, in particular, the Global South, the head of the EU Military Committee, General Robert Brieger.

“A mission under a UN mandate is possible, which will include not only Europeans, but also soldiers from the global south or, for example, the Caucasus. EU soldiers will undoubtedly be able to make a significant contribution,” he was quoted as saying in an interview with the German publication Welt by Ukrinform..

In his opinion, monitoring the demilitarized zone along the front line will require a military presence “in the high five-digit range.”.

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When asked about the armament of the military participating in such a mission, Brieger replied that this would depend on the political decision, but the mandate of the mission should be powerful in order to avoid the resumption of the conflict and ensure the effectiveness of the ceasefire.

“This means that they will also have the right to embody the ceasefire with the use of weapons and maintaining from the air. At present, all this sounds very theoretical, but such a scenario can be brought to life,” the general said.

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But Bridger called US President Donald Trump’s plan to quickly end the war by freezing the front line “unlikely”.

“This would give an advantage to end death. The drawback, however, would have been that the conflict would last and, in the worst case, would last decades; for example, like between North and South Korea,” he said.

At the same time, he recalled the words of former US Chief of Staff Mark Milley that Ukraine cannot completely win this war with its existing capabilities, and the return of lost territories will require a significantly larger deployment of forces than Ukraine.

As the Financial Times recently calculated, EU countries could send about 40-50 thousand military personnel to Ukraine as peacekeepers.. True, they probably will not take part in hostilities.

As for Donald Trump, the other day he urged Russia to terminate the “meaningless war” and conclude a peace agreement with Ukraine. In case of disagreement, he threatened with high duties and new sanctions.