{"id":3141,"date":"2025-02-27T12:03:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T12:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T12:03:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T12:03:30","slug":"us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"US ‘backstop’ necessary for peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, Starmer says ahead of Trump meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"US<\/p>\n

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Feb. 26 that a U.S. “backstop” for a potential Europeacekeeper contingent in Ukraine would be necessary to ensure a just and lasting peace, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n

Starmer<\/a> is heading to Washington to meet U.S. President Donald<\/a> Trump and convince him to continue playing a role in Ukraine<\/a>‘s security amid Russian<\/a> aggression.<\/p>\n

Recent weeks saw major geopolitical shifts as the Trump administration has adopted more antagonistic rhetoric toward Ukraine and other partners while intensifying diplomatic outreach<\/a> to Russia in an effort to broker a swift agreement.<\/p>\n

The U.S. president has avoided making any security commitments to Kyiv and made clear he expects Europe to take up responsibility for Ukraine’s defense.<\/p>\n

“I’m absolutely convinced that we need a lasting peace, not a ceasefire, and for that to happen, we need security guarantees,” Starmer<\/a> told journalists during his trip to Washington.<\/p>\n

The Telegraph previously reported that Starmer aims to present Trump with a plan to deploy up to 30,000 European peacekeepers<\/a> in Ukraine to monitor a ceasefire. While Trump has backed the idea of a European peacekeeping force, there is no consensus among European partners, and Moscow has rejected it outright.<\/p>\n

The British prime minister reiterated that the U.K. is ready to take part in the mission but added that a U.S. “backstop” would be essential for such a plan, without elaborating on what concrete measures he expects from Washington.<\/p>\n

Starmer’s visit follows that of French President Emmanuel Macron<\/a>, who also sought to convince Trump to remain engaged in Ukraine. Macron has reportedly<\/a> failed to receive any clear commitments about a U.S. backstop, with an undisclosed EU official describing the trip as a “waste of time” in comments for Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n
Ukraine war latest: Trump says he will meet Zelensky on Feb. 28 in Washington to sign agreement on minerals<\/div>\n
Key developments on Feb. 26: * Trump says he will meet Zelensky on Feb. 28 in Washington to sign agreement on minerals * No security guarantees in US minerals deal, to be discussed later, Zelensky says * US, Russia to meet again tomorrow in Istanbul, Lavrov says * No sanctions relief for Russia\u2026<\/div>\n
\"USThe Kyiv Independent<\/span>The Kyiv Independent news desk<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"US<\/div>\n

<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

– https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/rss\/<\/p>\n

This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com
\nThis article is taken based on Law no. 8\/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our right to take news and information in its entirety and distribute them further. The content was made available to us through the rss mechanism
\nOriginal Content<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Feb. 26 that a U.S. “backstop” for a potential Europeacekeeper contingent in Ukraine would be necessary to ensure a just and lasting peace, Reuters reported. Starmer is heading to Washington to meet U.S. President Donald Trump and convince him to continue playing a role in Ukraine‘s security amid […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1152,1],"tags":[4020,1164,1318,64,35,701,1588,4021,43,1587,51,1584,66,1304],"class_list":["post-3141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kyivindependent","category-news","tag-backstop","tag-trump","tag-ahead","tag-for","tag-in","tag-meeting","tag-mission","tag-necessary","tag-of","tag-peacekeeping","tag-says","tag-starmer","tag-ukraine","tag-us"],"yoast_head":"\nUS 'backstop' necessary for peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, Starmer says ahead of Trump meeting - News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US 'backstop' necessary for peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, Starmer says ahead of Trump meeting - News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Feb. 26 that a U.S. “backstop” for a potential Europeacekeeper contingent in Ukraine would be necessary to ensure a just and lasting peace, Reuters reported. Starmer is heading to Washington to meet U.S. President Donald Trump and convince him to continue playing a role in Ukraine‘s security amid […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-27T12:03:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159996904-2.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Misu Videan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Misu Videan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/\",\"name\":\"US 'backstop' necessary for peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, Starmer says ahead of Trump meeting - News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2201520423-3-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-27T12:03:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-27T12:03:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7d76dd7ecd7d235e40cce6ec62083b69\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2201520423-3-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2201520423-3-1.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Prima pagin\u0103\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"US ‘backstop’ necessary for peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, Starmer says ahead of Trump meeting\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/\",\"name\":\"News\",\"description\":\"Euro TV News Agency\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7d76dd7ecd7d235e40cce6ec62083b69\",\"name\":\"Misu Videan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2584ffca062277b8497cf6c9182e423c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2584ffca062277b8497cf6c9182e423c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Misu Videan\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ziaruldebanat.ro\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/author\/mihai_vidjean\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"US 'backstop' necessary for peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, Starmer says ahead of Trump meeting - News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"US 'backstop' necessary for peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, Starmer says ahead of Trump meeting - News","og_description":"U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Feb. 26 that a U.S. “backstop” for a potential Europeacekeeper contingent in Ukraine would be necessary to ensure a just and lasting peace, Reuters reported. Starmer is heading to Washington to meet U.S. President Donald Trump and convince him to continue playing a role in Ukraine‘s security amid […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/","og_site_name":"News","article_published_time":"2025-02-27T12:03:30+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2159996904-2.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Misu Videan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Misu Videan","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/","url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/","name":"US 'backstop' necessary for peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, Starmer says ahead of Trump meeting - News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2201520423-3-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-27T12:03:30+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-27T12:03:30+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7d76dd7ecd7d235e40cce6ec62083b69"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2201520423-3-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2201520423-3-1.jpg","width":1024,"height":683},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/us-backstop-necessary-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-ukraine-starmer-says-ahead-of-trump-meeting\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Prima pagin\u0103","item":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"US ‘backstop’ necessary for peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, Starmer says ahead of Trump meeting"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/","name":"News","description":"Euro TV News Agency","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7d76dd7ecd7d235e40cce6ec62083b69","name":"Misu Videan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2584ffca062277b8497cf6c9182e423c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2584ffca062277b8497cf6c9182e423c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Misu Videan"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ziaruldebanat.ro"],"url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/author\/mihai_vidjean\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2201520423-3-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}