The FT writes about a multi-level plan to respond to a new Russian attack. The OP does not disclose details

Ukraine has agreed with its Western partners on a coordinated military response from Europe and the United States to any violation of the future ceasefire agreement by Russia. This was reported by Financial Times citing unnamed interlocutors familiar with the matter. At the same time, the President's Office reported LIGA.netthe Ukrainian government does not disclose the details of the agreements.
According to the FT's sources, the plan includes three stages:
→ First stage: within 24 hours of the ceasefire violation, a diplomatic warning and "any actions required from the Ukrainian army to stop the violation" will be issued.
→ Second stage: if the fighting does not stop, "the second stage of intervention will be launched using the forces of the 'coalition of the willing'. These are the EU countries, the UK, Norway, Iceland, and Turkey.
→ Third stage: in 72 hours, if the attack expands, a coordinated military response by the EU and the US with the participation of American troops is planned, officials told the publication.
According to one person familiar with the matter, Ukrainian, European and American officials discussed the plan in Paris in December. Talks between national security advisers of the coalition of countries supporting it continued in Kyiv on January 3.
The publication's interlocutors also say that the president Volodymyr Zelenskyy raised this issue in the context of US support in a conversation with the head of the White House Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago in December.
The President's Office, commenting on LIGA.net the President's Office emphasized that they do not comment on or disclose details of the agreements. At the same time, the Presidential Administration reminded that Zelenskyy has repeatedly spoken about security guarantees readiness documents.
- Zelensky is counting on approval of transactions on security guarantees and reconstruction between Ukraine and the United States in the parliaments of both countries in the near future.
- At the same time, in the US Congress not in the knowon what kind of security guarantees the Trump administration is ready to provide to Ukraine, said LIGA.net interlocutor in the American Parliament.


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