U.S. and it’s Russia Targeting Role in so called “ Post War” Ukraine force

This is NOT a post war premise, it’s just a continuing war rebranded. With a no fly zone. I’m not coming away with the idea of a peace deal being made? What do you think?

Financial Times via US offers air and intelligence support to postwar force in Ukraine

The US has said it is prepared to provide intelligence assets and battlefield oversight (as it’s already been doing) to any western security plan for postwar Ukraine and take part in a European-led air defence shield for the country, European and Ukrainian officials said.

US President Donald Trump told European leaders last week America would be part of “co-ordination” of security guarantees for postwar Ukraine, something Kyiv has demanded to deter a future attack from Russia after any peace deal.
Senior US officials have since told European counterparts in multiple discussions that Washington would be prepared to contribute “strategic enablers” including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), command and control and air defence assets to enable any European-led deployment on the ground, four officials briefed on the talks told the Financial Times.
A so-called coalition of the willing, led by the UK and France, has vowed to protect postwar Ukraine from any future Russian aggression.
But European officials have privately admitted that any deployment could only take place with US support to enable, oversee and protect European troops.

Washington already supplies Ukraine with Patriot air defence missiles, but the postwar support would involve US aircraft, logistics and ground-based radar supporting and enabling a European-enforced no-fly zone and air shield for the country, the officials said.

Under any peace deal, the US’s vastly superior intelligence, surveillance and command and control capabilities would enable satellite monitoring of a ceasefire and effective co-ordination of western forces in the country.

The US offer, voiced in a flurry of meetings between national security officials and military leaders from the US and major European countries in recent days, is contingent on commitments by European capitals to deploy tens of thousands of troops to Ukraine, the officials cautioned.
It could still be rescinded, they said. But it represents a significant shift in stance from the Trump administration — which earlier this year ruled out any US participation in protecting post-conflict Ukraine — and has buoyed European officials who have spent months lobbying Washington to lend more support to Kyiv.
Trump has pushed the two sides to agree a peace deal, but Moscow and Kyiv remain far apart on key details, including postwar territorial control and security guarantees. Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted any such guarantees must involve Russia, a non-starter for Ukraine.

The US remains opposed to deploying its own troops to Ukraine, the officials added. (There will be mercenaries brought in) Other Trump administration officials, including defence secretary Pete Hegseth, are sceptical of any participation in postwar guarantees for fear it would drag the US into future conflict.
The Pentagon referred questions to the White House and to a statement on Monday by Trump on security guarantees, but said the measures reported by the FT “are pre-decisional, and the defense department will not comment on pre-decisional topics”.

Trump said on Monday that “we haven’t even discussed the specifics of” security guarantees for Ukraine. “We’ll be involved from the standpoint of backup. We’re going to help them,” he told reporters.
He told Fox News last week that the US was “willing to help” a European force “especially, probably, by air”.

Especially, probably by air- So a no fly zone?- No US forces on the ground- Air support possible