Ukraine Agrees to Cap Its Army at 800,000 in Revised US Peace Plan, FT Reports

Sen Todd Young: Peace Deal Should Not Limit Ukraine's Ability To Deter

Source: Bill Clark / Getty Sen Todd Young: Peace Deal Should Not Limit Ukraine’s Ability To Deter. It should not limit the size of Ukraine’s armed forces, because we want Ukraine to deter any further aggression, and it should not deter Ukraine from being a viable independent nation in the future. Senator Todd Young of Indiana shared critical insights on the potential Russia-Ukraine peace deal and his new legislation protecting medical students f…

Ukraine Agrees to Cap Army at 800,000, FT Reports

French President Emmanuel Macron, however, called for a “strong Ukrainian army” without “limitation” after virtual Coalition of the Willing talks on Tuesday.

U.S. Plan Would Slash Ukraine’s Wartime Force; Kyiv Signals Approval

A revised U.S.-brokered peace plan would cap Ukraine’s peacetime military at 800,000 troops, according to Financial Times reporting based on unnamed Ukrainian officials. The proposal, discussed and approved by U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators, represents a shift from Washington’s earlier draft, which sought to limit Kyiv’s forces to 600,000. Ukraine’s wartime army currently stands at roughly 900,000.The revised plan is part of a streamlined 19-poi…

Ukraine agrees to cap its army at 800,000 in revised US peace plan, FT reports

A Ukrainian army of this size would still remain the second-largest European force after Russia and put it close to its current wartime strength of about 900,000 service members.