Europe has failed to reach a long-term plan for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. UK Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard has told the BBC that "no agreement" has been reached between the French and British on a proposed month-long ceasefire in Ukraine, which was previously reported by international media.
Asked about the plan, which Macron made public to Le Figaro, Luke Pollard told the BBC: "This is not a plan that we are currently aware of." He added that "a number of different options" are being discussed "privately."
Pollard added that what matters is building a plan that brings lasting peace "as soon as possible." He also told the BBC that the US is "a key ally" and "will have the support of the UK," citing the "deep defence relationship" between the two countries. Pollard's response comes after UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer held a summit of European leaders to discuss achieving peace in Ukraine, just two days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's dramatic visit to Washington DC, writes A2 CNN.
Meanwhile, in light of new developments, the Kremlin has announced that the West is crumbling.
"We see that the collective West has begun to partially lose its collectivity. A kind of fragmentation of the collective West has begun, a formation of nuanced positions of a number of countries and groups of countries. There remains a group of countries, which rather constitutes the war party, which declares that they are ready to further support Ukraine in terms of supporting the war," said Sergei Lavrov, Putin's spokesman.
Meanwhile, it is reported that Russian forces struck a Ukrainian training camp, causing deaths and injuries, the commander of Kiev's ground forces announced. The general did not give the number of victims or wounded, but according to Ukrainian media, citing two sources from the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, there are "several dozen dead and up to a hundred wounded." (A2 Televizion)
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