U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he's willing to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine to maintain peace when the war with Russia ends.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said for the first time on Sunday that he was “ready and willing” to deploy troops to help guarantee Ukraine’s security.

Plans for the UK and other European countries to send troops to Ukraine are in their very early stages. But the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, will already be thinking about how such a move could play out at home. Sending UK troops abroad, even on a “peacekeeping” mission, always has the potential to spark huge public debate.

British troops could be deployed to Ukraine to enforce any peace deals, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed ahead of a crunch meeting with European leaders

The Kremlin said on Thursday that any plan to send European troops to Ukraine as part of a potential peacekeeping mission would be unacceptable for Russia and that it was monitoring such proposals with concern.