Aug 26, 05:43 PM

U.S. Offers Air and Intelligence Backbone for European Postwar Force in Ukraine

The United States has informed European allies that it is ready to supply air power and advanced intelligence capabilities to a European-led security force that would move into Ukraine after a peace agreement, the Financial Times reported, citing senior European officials. Washington’s offer covers intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms, command-and-control networks and air-defence systems—what officials call “strategic enablers”—while ruling out the deployment of U.S. ground troops. The American support would underpin a contingent of roughly 6,000-10,000 European soldiers, a figure scaled back from an earlier 30,000-troop concept. The proposal represents a shift in President Donald Trump’s stance and is viewed in Kyiv and NATO headquarters as a step toward credible long-term security guarantees. A Quinnipiac poll released this week showed 62% of Americans back providing air support if it helps seal a deal to end the war. European governments still face domestic resistance to sending forces. Surveys cited by the Wall Street Journal found 56% of Germans, 68% of French voters and nearly 60% of Poles oppose deploying troops without a formal peace accord, underscoring the political hurdles to assembling the mission. Meanwhile, Ukraine said it has amassed a vast trove of battlefield data—including millions of hours of drone footage—and is shaping policy to share the information with partners, illustrating the growing importance of intelligence cooperation in any post-war security architecture.

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