Ukraine: Peacekeeping Operations
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Declaration of Intent between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The French Republic and Ukraine relating to the deployment of multinational forces in support of the defence, reconstruction and strategic sustainability of Ukraine, who will lead the joint operations staff responsible for the strict control and management of the proposed Multinational Force.
Answered by Al Carns
The Multinational Force Ukraine (MNFU) will include a 3-star multinational operational HQ in Paris, led by the UK and France, to oversee all tactical and operational arrangements. Plans have also been established for a future coordination cell in Kyiv which will be set up when the force deploys. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will conduct coordination with the MNFU joint operations staff.
Planning continues at pace, but we will not be drawn into further details of any future UK Armed Forces deployment, including its control systems, due to the risk to operational security.
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