Deploy British and French Troops to Ukraine Now Says Fmr NATO Boss

Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has urged Britain and France to deploy troops to Ukraine and send warships to the Black Sea, arguing that Europe must take direct action to secure a place in negotiations. He made the call as trilateral talks involving Ukraine, Russia and the United States proceeded without European representatives. Rasmussen criticized the planned postwar reassurance force as too passive and called for a more active coalition.