“CROATIAN SOLDIERS WILL NOT GO TO UKRAINE”: Zoran Milanović refused to obey the “Coalition of the Willing”!

Croatian President Zoran Milanović announced on Facebook on Monday that the Croatian government is not authorized to push Croatia into any new coalitions that could involve the participation of Croatian soldiers in the war in Ukraine.

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković participated on Sunday in a videoconference of the leaders of the Coalition of the Willing, two days after the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska and before the meeting of European leaders with the US president in Washington today.

“I emphasized that we continue to provide support for achieving a just and sustainable peace that will respect international law and the territorial integrity of Ukraine, with long-term security guarantees,” the Croatian Prime Minister wrote after the meeting on X.

Milanović reacted on Facebook.

Održali smo sastanak Koalicije voljnih nakon Summita na Aljasci i uoči susreta @POTUS, @ZelenskyyUa i drugih lidera u Washingtonu. Istaknuo sam da nastavljamo pružati podršku postizanju pravednog i održivog mira, koji će poštivati međunarodno pravo i teritorijalni integritet… pic.twitter.com/jCjxuER7cI
— Andrej Plenković (@AndrejPlenkovic) August 17, 2025

“Given that the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia these days got involved in the talks of the so-called Coalition of the Willing, which also includes countries whose leaders have announced the sending of their soldiers to Ukraine, I remind you that Croatia is a member of the European Union and NATO, and has only obligations arising from membership in those alliances,” Milanović wrote on that network today.

He added:

“Croatia has no obligations arising from the political or military agreements of the leaders of the so-called Coalition of the Willing, and the Government of the Republic of Croatia is not authorized by anyone to push Croatia into any new coalitions that could also involve the participation of Croatian soldiers in the war in Ukraine. I received a mandate from the Croatian people to represent such a position, and that is why I repeat that Croatian soldiers will not participate in other people’s wars,” Milanović emphasized.

On Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, along with the President of the European Commission, discussed via video call with European allies a peace agreement that the US president is trying to achieve after his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin last Friday.

In the event of a peace agreement, the United States offered Ukraine security guarantees similar to those of Article 5 of NATO, but without formal accession to the North Atlantic Alliance, diplomatic sources announced.

At the meeting, Plenković was joined by French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

The “Coalition of the Willing” brings together most of the major European countries, the EU, NATO and non-European countries such as Canada.