US May Bolster Ukraine’s Postwar Security With Intelligence and Air Defense – FT
The United States has indicated it is prepared to provide intelligence, surveillance, and air defense support to underpin European-led security guarantees for Ukraine after the war.
The Gaze reports this, referring to The Financial Times, citing European officials.
US representatives told European counterparts that Washington could supply “strategic capabilities” to sustain any multinational mission in Ukraine.
These would include intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems, command-and-control assets, and air defense infrastructure.
Officials familiar with the discussions said the potential US contribution could involve aircraft, ground-based radars, logistics, and satellite resources to monitor ceasefire compliance and safeguard a future European no-fly zone or “air shield” over Ukraine.
However, the United States has ruled out deploying ground troops. The plan is contingent on European governments committing “tens of thousands” of troops to Ukraine as part of a broader peacekeeping and stabilization force.
A coalition led by the United Kingdom and France is currently shaping the framework, with about 10 countries signaling readiness to contribute personnel.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv’s military leadership is already coordinating with partners in the “Coalition of the Willing” and urged an accelerated pace of talks. “The defense component of security guarantees should be worked out in detail in the near future,” he stressed.
US Special Envoy Keith Kellogg described the diplomatic negotiations as “very complex” but ongoing. Meanwhile,
European officials acknowledged that without American intelligence and air defense backing, the mission would not be viable. Still, they cautioned that Washington’s proposal remains under review and could be withdrawn.
As The Gaze reported earlier, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in Kyiv with Keith Kellogg, the U.S. President’s special representative, to discuss further measures to pressure Russia and to advance humanitarian efforts, particularly the return of Ukrainian children illegally deported by Moscow.