The Prince of Wales heard the pleas of Estonia’s president for some UK troops to remain in the Baltic state after the statesman suggested they may be redeployed as peacekeepers in Ukraine. William has flown to Estonia to meet those UK forces at Tapa Army Base providing a deterrent against potential Russian aggression towards the country on Nato’s eastern flank with President Vladimir Putin’s regime.

Britain will accelerate plans next week for a potential peacekeeping force in Ukraine, including a discussion about how it can operate and the structure, a spokesman for Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday.

Defense chiefs from the “coalition of the willing” met in the U.K. to hash out how best to put boots on the ground in Ukraine if there is peace.