Russia has unwavering opposition to any discussions about deploying foreign troops in Ukraine.
Moscow would not engage in discussions of an international post-conflict security force, according to Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday.
On the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Zakharova told reporters that Russia would not discuss the country’s fundamentally unacceptable and security-mining foreign intervention in Ukraine.
According to Zakharova, European leaders should be aware that when discussing this subject, they should have a pointer in the form of Russia’s position when developing plans for a multinational force in the event of an agreement to end the conflict in Ukraine.
The European Commission has “precisely outdone itself,” she said, “regarding the losses of Ukraine.”
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, earlier this week, stated in her comments that the EU had “pretty precise plans” for the deployment of a multinational force to Ukraine.
On Thursday, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders are scheduled to meet in Paris to discuss post-conflict security arrangements for Kyiv.
The details of the security guarantees for Ukraine were worked out, according to French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, but they are still “extremely confidential.”
The day a peace [accord] is signed, Macron said, “We the Europeans are prepared to provide the security guarantees to Ukraine and Ukraine.”
Moscow and Kyiv are still far apart on the terms of any potential peace agreement, despite President Donald Trump’s pledge to put an end to the conflict as quickly as possible.
Ukraine’s agreement with Russia would need to include land in four of the regions it has annexed since 2022, whereas Kyiv has ruled out ceding any territory.
Source: Aljazeera
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