Russian President Vladimir Putin On Friday, foreign troops deployed in Ukraine before the peace agreement was signed, said they would be considered “legal targets” by Moscow troops.
Putin’s comments came in a few hours later European leaders were repeated Commitment to a Potential peacekeeping forces.
“We assume that they will become legal targets, especially if the troops appear there while the battle is underway,” he said at a panel at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia’s Far Eastern city.
Putin also dismissed the idea of Ukrainian peacekeeping forces after the final peace agreement, saying “no one should doubt” Moscow will comply with the treaty that will halt three and a half years. A full-scale invasion of that neighbor.
He said security guarantees are needed for both Russia and Ukraine.
Comments from the Russian leader follow a statement from the French president Emmanuel Macron On Thursday, 26 Ukrainian allies promised to deploy their troops as Ukraine’s “secure power” after the battle ended.
Macron spoke after a meeting in Paris for the so-called Union of The Willing, a group of 35 countries supporting Ukraine. He said that 26 countries have committed to deploying their troops in Ukraine, or to exist on land, sea or in the air, to ensure the security of the nation the day after a ceasefire or peace has been achieved.
Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, almost eight years after Moscow was illegally annexed in Ukraine. Crimea Peninsula. Moscow has repeatedly explained the existence of NATO squad “Unacceptable” in Ukraine as part of the peacekeeping force.
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