Defense chiefs of the “Coalition of the Willing” to meet in Brussels on April 10

This is stated in a message posted on the UK government website, Ukrinform reports.

“Discussions will continue next week as the Defence Secretary [John Healey] hosts the next meeting of Coalition of the Willing Defence Ministers in Brussels on Thursday alongside his French counterpart and will co-chair the Ukraine Defence Contact Group with his German counterpart on Friday,” the statement said.

In particular, coalition defence ministers will meet to discuss “the next steps in planning to support the security measures needed to deter further Russian aggression.” “The discussions will build on the military planning that has taken place over the past few weeks with nations considering providing their resources to support any future force,” the statement said.

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The Contact Group on Ukraine's Defense will bring together some 50 countries to provide additional military assistance to Ukraine in the face of ongoing Russian attacks.

The British government also said the UK Chief of the Defence Staff, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, had met his Ukrainian and French counterparts in Kyiv. The defence chiefs discussed “the structure, size and composition required for any future security force in Ukraine”.

As reported by Ukrinform, the Chiefs of Defence Staff of the Armed Forces of France and Great Britain, General Thierry Burkhardt and Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, met in Kyiv with President Volodymyr Zelensky and the military leadership of Ukraine. The discussion focused on security guarantees for Ukraine and the future architecture of peace in the Eure.

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