Russia doubled down on its longstanding position of declaring Western forces in Ukraine “legitimate targets” on Thursday, days after France and the UK pledged to send troops there in the event of a peace deal.
“The Russian Foreign Ministry warns that the deployment of military units, military facilities, warehouses, and other infrastructure of Western countries on the territory of Ukraine will be classified as foreign intervention,” spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in a statement.
She was responding to a “declaration of intent” signed by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday at the latest meeting of the so-called Coalition of the Willing, where they agreed to deploy a multinational force to guarantee Ukraine’s security..
acron, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a declaration of intent after the talks, setting out the framework for such a deployment.
Macron said that Paris could contribute “several thousand” troops.
In a sign of closer transatlantic coordination, the summit was also attended by US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared ?Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, as well as Washington’s top general in Europe, Alexus Grynkewich. It marked the first time the US envoys had joined the coalition’s talks.
Witkoff, who has led talks with Russia, ?said that Trump “strongly stands behind security protocols” and that the guarantees are “important, so that the people of Ukraine know that when this ends, it ends forever”.
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Russia doubled down on its longstanding position of declaring Western forces in Ukraine “legitimate targets” on Thursday, days after France and the UK pledged to send troops there in the event of a peace deal.
“The Russian Foreign Ministry warns that the deployment of military units, military facilities, warehouses, and other infrastructure of Western countries on the territory of Ukraine will be classified as foreign intervention,” spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in a statement.
She was responding to a “declaration of intent” signed by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday at the latest meeting of the so-called Coalition of the Willing, where they agreed to deploy a multinational force to guarantee Ukraine’s security..
acron, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a declaration of intent after the talks, setting out the framework for such a deployment.
Macron said that Paris could contribute “several thousand” troops.
In a sign of closer transatlantic coordination, the summit was also attended by US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared ?Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, as well as Washington’s top general in Europe, Alexus Grynkewich. It marked the first time the US envoys had joined the coalition’s talks.
Witkoff, who has led talks with Russia, ?said that Trump “strongly stands behind security protocols” and that the guarantees are “important, so that the people of Ukraine know that when this ends, it ends forever”.
Allowing foreign soldiers as peace keepers is a reasonable solution. NATO is a defensive alliance that has never invaded Russia but Russia has a history of invading other countries. However Putin doesn't really want to end war. Refusing to negotiate in good faith or allow concessions despite being the aggressor by starting war. He only wants his military to finish job of conquering Ukraine. Russians believe Ukraine is part of Russia. Refusing to accept fact that Ukraine is a sovereign country recognized by United nations.
Allowing foreign soldiers as peace keepers is a reasonable solution. NATO is a defensive alliance that has never invaded Russia but Russia has a history of invading other countries. However Putin doesn't really want to end war. Refusing to negotiate in good faith or allow concessions despite being the aggressor by starting war. He only wants his military to finish job of conquering Ukraine. Russians believe Ukraine is part of Russia. Refusing to accept fact that Ukraine is a sovereign country recognized by United nations.
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