Switzerland's massive security effort at the Ukraine peace conference
The security arrangements the luxury Bürgenstock resort, near Lucerne. for the Summit for Peace in Ukraine are immense. Soldiers have taken position at the multiple checkpoints set up on the winding roads leading up to the resort. And around 6.5 kilometres of fencing and eight kilometres of barbed wire have been installed around the perimeter. To protect the more than 50 heads of state including French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and US Vice President Kamala Harris, up to 4,000 soldiers have been deployed, said Viola Amherd, the president of the Swiss confederatio...