Europe is drawing up 'pretty precise' plans to deploy troops from across the continent to Ukraine as part of a US-backed security guarantee.
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen told the FT that the deployment may see tens of thousands of European-led and American-backed troops sent to Ukraine.
The US is expected to assist with command and control systems and intelligence and surveillance assets, she said.
Von der Leyen told the FT: 'President Trump reassured us that there will be (an) American presence as part of the backstop. That was very clear and repeatedly affirmed.'
She added that the arrangement was made following a meeting between Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and senior European leaders last month.
