Britain and France are to lead a military exercise to test a multinational force's ability to deploy to Ukraine, if there is a peace deal. Nearly 3,000 military personnel from 12 European nations will take part in the rehearsal in neighbouring Poland this month. Plans for a reassurance force for Ukraine were set out last year as one of the long-term security guarantees being proposed by European nations. But there are still more questions than answers as to how such a military force might work in practice. Western officials stress that any force sent to Ukraine would not take part in offensive operations or be involved in peacekeeping or ceasefire monitoring missions. Nor would they be operating under the command of Nato or on the front line.
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