Sir Keir Starmer has vowed that MPs will have a vote on sending British soldiers to Ukraine "in any scenario on a long-term basis".
After facing calls from the leaders of the Tories, Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats to put the deployment of troops to Parliament, Starmer has confirmed the Commons "will have a say".
He told GB News' Political Editor Christopher Hope in Paris: "I don't want to get ahead of ourselves with votes, because we are not at that stage.
"We are at the stage of turning political momentum into operational plans, looking at the various options and then going for the next piece of work with the chiefs of defence.
European leaders gathered in Paris for a 'coalition of the willing' meeting today
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"But you know my long-standing position, which is if we were to deploy in any scenario on a long-term basis then of course Parliament will have a say in that. I don't deflect from that."
His words came after he confirmed British military chiefs will visit Ukraine alongside French and German teams to develop "operational" plans for enforcing any future ceasefire deal.
The triple-pronged approach will see military experts from Europe's three largest economies work together on plans that could be implemented when a peace agreement is eventually reached.
"We will be ready to operationalise a peace deal whenever its precise shape turns out to be, and we will work together to ensure Ukraine's security so it can defend and deter against the future," the Prime Minister said.
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'If we were to deploy in any scenario on a long-term basis then of course Parliament will have a say in that,' Starmer told GB News
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Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters earlier this afternoon: "In very specific terms, we agreed that the Prime Minister of Great Britain and I will instruct our chiefs of defence to ensure that a Franco-British team is sent to Ukraine within a few days for very close cooperation with our Ukrainian partners."
Starmer also called for a deadline on Ukraine peace talks as he accused Vladimir Putin of "playing games".
The Prime Minister said allies had agreed that "we should be setting a framework and a deadline of delivering real progress, and that we should hold them to that deadline".
He added: "We've agreed that we must go further now to support the peace process, support Ukraine and increase the pressure on Russia to get serious."
Starmer also called for a deadline on Ukraine peace talks as he accused Vladimir Putin of 'playing games'
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Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of breaking a ceasefire on strikes on the two countries' energy infrastructure.
He said an energy facility in Kherson was attacked in a series of Russian strikes today - and called for a US reaction.
Russia, however, claims the truce on energy infrastructure has been in place since March 18.
