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Türkiye, the United Kingdom, France and Germany are ready to send peacekeeping contingents to Ukraine after the war ends, Ukrainian Presidential Office Advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said in an interview with Novyny.LIVE on Thursday.
"A number of states have declared their readiness to send peacekeeping forces to Ukraine after the war ends. These include Great Britain, France, Germany and Türkiye," Podolyak said.
Podolyak stated that Ukraine's 800,000-strong army must be financed by all of Europe.
"The question is not only about the figure of 800,000, but who finances it. This is a huge amount of money. Before the start of the full-scale invasion, we were moving toward an army of 250,000-300,000," he noted.
The Presidential Office advisor said drone and missile production must also be developed — particularly small and medium-range missiles in large quantities.
"Who should finance it? We believe this is a deterrence army, the Armed Forces of deterrence on the eastern border. And all of Europe should be interested in this, and investments should be joint. Then it is clear that this will be a completely different format, completely different financing," he explained.
Podolyak added that the 800,000-strong army must be professional — people will sign contracts and join the military "for decent money."
"The army must be fully integrated into the conditional "pan-European armed forces," he said.
"Only they will guard the eastern border within the framework of the Russia deterrence program. Who should finance all this? As soon as this is understood, I think the formula for recruitment, contracts and so on will be clear. That is, everything will be detailed," Podolyak said.
Podolyak drew attention to the interests of individual states.
For Türkiye, he said, it is important to prevent a recurrence of situations that could create economic and business risks in the Black Sea region.
Ankara is interested in "making it impossible to repeat what creates business problems, economic problems in the Black Sea waters," Podolyak said.
The Presidential Office advisor said Russia's war against Ukraine will have systemic consequences for Europe.
"In general, this war will lead to a total reformatting of the European space. Ukraine will move as quickly as possible in the European direction. And Europe will rethink the lifestyle in which they live today. It will be more ascetic, militaristic and anti-Russian," Podolyak said.
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