The United States has announced it is ready to provide intelligence assets and battlefield surveillance for any Western security plan for post-war Ukraine, as well as participate in a European air defense shield for the country.
This was reported by the Financial Times, citing European officials, according to Ukrinform.
It is noted that U.S. President Donald Trump last week told European leaders that America would be part of the “coordination” of security guarantees for post-war Ukraine, aimed at preventing any future Russian attack after a peace agreement is reached.
According to sources, senior U.S. officials have repeatedly informed their European counterparts that Washington would be ready to provide “strategic assets,” including intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), command and control tools, and air defense capabilities to support any European-led troop deployments on the ground.
The Coalition of the Willing, led by the United Kingdom and France, has expressed readiness to protect post-war Ukraine from any future Russian aggression. However, European officials have privately acknowledged that any troop deployment would require U.S. support to enable, sustain, and protect European forces.
Washington is already supplying Ukraine with Patriot air defense missiles, but post-war support, according to sources, would include American aircraft, logistics, and ground-based radar systems to maintain a no-fly zone and air shield for the country, supported by Europe, FT reports.
As reported earlier by Ukrinform, the United States is prepared to assist European partners in implementing security guarantees for Ukraine by providing aerial support.
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance emphasized that no American troops would be deployed on Ukrainian territory under the security guarantees.
Source: U.S. ready to offer air and intelligence support to peacekeeping forces in Ukraine – FT
