Lithuania ready to send troops to Ukraine after ceasefire – Nauseda

He stated this in an interview with Bloomberg on Friday, according to Ukrinform.

"My country is ready to provide the necessary support. We are talking about very concrete numbers of our military troops, but there should be commitment from all countries in this coalition to provide this support," he said.

The Baltic leader said U.S. President Donald Trump had "frank intentions" about ending Russia's three-year war in Ukraine, but that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is merely pretending to negotiate while continuing attacks.

British officials held talks in early March with representatives from around 20 countries interested in forming a "coalition of the willing." U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that the United Kingdom and France are leading an initiative that could see coalition troops deployed to Ukraine as peacekeepers.

According to media reports, French President Emmanuel Macron is considering a mission under U.N. oversight to protect a potential future peace agreement and prevent another Russian assault on Ukraine.

Macron announced on Friday that the next summit of the "coalition of the willing" on Ukraine would take place in Paris on Thursday, March 27, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in attendance.