France and the United Kingdom have urged the members of the "Coalition of the Willing" to provide Ukraine with robust security guarantees to safeguard a future peace deal, including by putting boots on the ground as part of a multinational force.

The "Coalition of the Willing," which brings together most European countries, Turkey, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, met virtually on Tuesday to discuss the diplomatic push launched by the United States to strike a peace deal.

The original 28-point plan, secretly drafted by US and Russian officials, categorically ruled out any NATO presence on Ukrainian soil after the war.

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But France and the UK remain steadfast in their intentions, arguing that their physical armed presence

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