Defence Secretary John Healey has said European troops are "ready to deploy" to Ukraine in the coming weeks if Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agree on a ceasefire.
After a surprise call last Thursday, the US and Russian presidents are planning to meet in Budapest, Hungary. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has not been invited but said he is ready to join.
Asked if troops could deploy if a deal was reached in the next two weeks, Healey said: "If President Trump can broker a peace, then we will be ready to help secure that peace".
But he added that Ukrainians must be the "people who will decide how and what" is negotiated in any peace talks.
Members of the "coalition of the willing", an alliance of 26 European nations founded in March by UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to guarantee Ukraine's security, had been "developing detailed plans, in the event of a ceasefire", Healey said.
