Each side is trying to spend the other’s money on security, as they shift to a new geopolitical equilibrium.

By John T Psaropoulos

Since their summit with United States President Donald Trump in the White House on August 18, Kyiv’s European and regional allies have begun to nail down commitments to a peacekeeping force that would enter Ukraine after a ceasefire is reached in the war that Russia began three and a half years ago.

They aim to collect those commitments by the end of the week.

Europe is also pushing for further sanctions against Russia.