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'Premature' to say UK troops will be sent to Ukraine to secure peace, minister tells Sky News

Donald Trump said a little while ago the UK is one of at least three European countries that "want to have boots on the ground" to secure a peace for Ukraine - see our 13.17 post.

Earlier, however, a UK minister told us it's "premature" to say UK troops will be directly involved.

But the country does need to play its part, he added.

"What's clear is that we and 30 other countries now, including the United States, need to be prepared to play our part in providing those security guarantees," pensions minister Torsten Bell told our presenter Wilfred Frost.

"We can't ask the Ukrainian people to sign up to a system of just trusting President Putin after the illegal invasion three years ago, actions long before that.

"Nobody in Ukraine is going to trust promises from President Putin.

"If we want to see a meaningful peace, it will need to involve meaningful guarantees."