“The Coalition needs to make it clear that there are certain policies that we will not compromise on,” Johnson said in a statement.
Banning Ukraine from joining the coalition is one of the main security needs of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the current crisis.
In Brussels, Johnson is expected to meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and in Warsaw with Polish President Andrzej Duda and his Prime Minister Mathews Moravic.
According to Downing Street, Johnson announced that in the event of a “humanitarian crisis”, an additional 1,000 British troops would be able to support NATO and its allies.
The British proposal to strengthen NATO’s security would include doubling its troops in Estonia (currently about 900 troops), sending warplanes to southern Europe and two ships to the eastern Mediterranean.
The United Kingdom this week announced the deployment of 350 more players in addition to the hundreds already in Poland.
