The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a firm rejection of Western discussions about NATO members deploying soldiers to Ukraine after the war ends.
“We reaffirm our repeatedly stated position on our categorical rejection of any scenarios that envisage the appearance in Ukraine of a military contingent with the participation of NATO countries, which is fraught with an uncontrolled escalation of the conflict with unpredictable consequences,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
President Donald Trump, European leaders and President Zelensky discussed security guarantees for Ukraine at a summit on Monday. “During the meeting we discussed Security Guarantees for Ukraine, which Guarantees would be provided by the various European Countries, with a coordination with the United States of America,” he wrote on Truth Social after meeting with Zelensky. “Everyone is very happy about the possibility of PEACE for Russia/Ukraine.”
Trump told “Fox and Friends” on Tuesday that an agreement to end the war in Ukraine that includes European deployments and potentially US air support. “When it comes to security, [Europeans] are willing to put people on the ground. We’re willing to help them with things, especially, probably, if you talk about it by air because nobody has stuff we have,” Trump explained.
American officials walked away from the Alaska summit on Friday believing that Russian President Vladimir Putin was willing to accept Western security guarantees for Ukraine as part of an agreement to end the conflict.
Western leaders have discussed an Article 5-style agreement with Kiev and sending soldiers to Ukraine as security guarantees.
