reassurance

Earlier this week, Putin rejected Western proposals for a "reassurance force" in Ukraine the day after any ceasefire comes into place, following a Paris summit aimed at finalising plans for security guarantees.

And this came just a day after Kyiv's allies, the so-called Coalition of the Willing, had pledged a post-war "reassurance force" for Ukraine.

"It's much more about European security, this adjustment with America, the reassurance to America that Europe is taking more responsibility for its security. The energising of Europe," Sir Tony said.

“It’s a search for an image that’s less violent than what people normally show today, something less aggressive, less avant-garde. What I’m taking from the past is a sense of reassurance.”

Ukraine is looking to the Coalition of the Willing to come up with a reassurance force involving British, French and other European troops.