Keir Starmer sticks to his peacekeeping plan for Ukraine

You have to admire him. Keir Starmer, along with President Macron, came up with this idea of having a European peacekeeping force ready to go to Ukraine in the event of a Trump/Putin peace settlement and has been pushing it as if it's almost a done deal. Today a whole bunch of political and military types from Europe are assembled in London to talk logistics, operational rules of engagement, troop numbers, back-up support etc etc. Starmer himself has talked about reaching the operational stage of his peacekeeping plan. But first, there is no sign of a longlasting peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, and second, Putin has said he will never agree to a European peacekeeping force in Ukraine. So, which part of "will never allow" does Starmer not understand? But Starmer is just ignoring what's going on in Washington and Moscow and Jeddah and focusing all his efforts on preparing the ground and the politics for a largish-scale force that will hopefully a defined mission although I fail to see what the mission could be. There won't be enough troops available to stand side to side along the Ukraine/Russia border, and there won't be enough troops to guard every town and city, and there will never be enough troops available to go to war with Russia if Russia decides to take on the peacekeeping force. So, the whole idea is filled with dangers and unknowns and huge risks. But Starmer is carrying on doing his thing and good luck to him.