Putin rejects Western security in Ukraine, warning troops would be target

Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected the Western proposals of a “reassurance force” in Ukraine the day after the ceasefire, in the wake of the Paris Summit aimed at completing the security guarantees plans.

French President Emmanuel Macron said that 26 Ukraine allies have been officially committed to deploying the forces “by land, sea or air” to help provide security at the moment when the fighting stopped.

In detail, none of the countries concerned.

Putin has sought to cancel the Allied Initiative, with a warning that any forces deployed in Ukraine will be “legitimate targets”, especially if they appear now, although there are no plans for immediate publication.

There is no little hope that the ceasefire at the present time, after it raised the summit of last month in Alaska between Putin and US President Donald Trump hopes to hold a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine.

Putin said on Friday that he was ready to contact the Ukrainian leader, “But I do not see much points. Why? Because it is almost impossible to reach an agreement with the Ukrainian side on the main issues,” Putin said on Friday.

His spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, praised “Trump’s constructive efforts” in finding a solution, but he attacked “the terrible efforts of European countries to arouse the continuation of the war.”

Since the Alaska meeting, the “coalition of those who wish” – led by the United Kingdom and France – has been extensively working to provide Kyiv with guarantees if an agreement is reached. This may include strengthening the military in Ukraine, as well as providing a “reassurance force” to do any periods in any deal.

Macron stressed that any forces will be deployed to prevent “any new big aggression” and not in the confrontation line. He said that power “does not have the will or the goal of launching a war against Russia.”

Zelensky described the decisions taken at the Paris meeting on Thursday as the first concrete step.

The United States did not clarify the size of its participation. The French president said that he will be completed in the coming days.

Trump recently indicated that support “perhaps” can come in the form of air support, and Zelinski said he spoke to the leader of the United States About “the maximum protection of the sky of Ukraine”.

Trump said he “had a very good dialogue” with Putin and plans to talk to him in the near future. Putin confirmed on Friday that he was a “open dialogue” with the American president.

Kiev believes that a ceasefire in Ukraine should be agreed before any attempt to secure a broader peace agreement, although Russia does not agree.

The answer to questions in an economic forum in Vladivostok in eastern Far Russia, Putin argued that “if the decisions that will lead to peace are reached in the long run, then I simply do not see this point [foreign troops’] presence [in Ukraine]He added that Russia will coincide with any decisions that lead to a long -term peace “completely.”

It is unlikely that Ukraine and its Western allies will find his words convincing.

Putin has also maintained that he is ready to host a summit with Ukraine in Moscow, and to offer security.

When Steve Rosenberg from BBC to Putin’s spokesman suggested that the proposal indicated that Russia was more interested in Ukraine’s surrender from a peace agreement, Peskov replied: “Not at all, not at all. He called for Moscow to speak, not dispensing.”

Zelinski has already mocked the idea of ​​Moscow as evidence that Putin is not dangerous. Several neutral capital was proposed instead, but Putin complained about “excessive demands”.

“We support any coordination, a bilateral meeting, a tripartite meeting, I think Russia is doing everything to postpone it,” Zelinski said.

Western leaders also believe that Russia is playing for a while in an attempt to seize more Ukrainian lands, as the war lasts widely for 40 months.

Putin, who spent on Wednesday with Shi Jinping, Chinese and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Putin confirms that his country’s army is pushing forward on all fronts in Ukraine.

In addition to clarifying that no Western forces should be deployed in Ukraine, Moscow has insisted that it should be one of the countries that work as “guarantors” of Ukrainian security – the idea of ​​rejecting Kiev and its allies.

“We are an enemy of NATO.”

“Why are we interested in what Russia is thinking about the forces in Ukraine?

A few countries publicly promised to deploy forces on the ground in Ukraine in the event of a deal, and the United States has already excluded such a move. European diplomats have suggested that the perpetration of forces at this stage may help Putin’s narration against the West.

However, UK Prime Minister Sir Kerr Starmer said that Western allies now have a “unbroken pledge” to Ukraine, backed by the United States, and they had to pressure Russia to end the war, according to a spokeswoman for the Downing Street.

German counselor Friedrich Mirz said after the meeting that the first priority is to secure a ceasefire at a summit that included Zelinski, then provides “strong security guarantees.”

After more than three and a half years of Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine, Putin said this week, “There is a specific light at the end of the tunnel” and that “there are options to ensure Ukraine’s security in the event that ends in the conflict.”

But it seemed that on Friday about the possibility of reaching any deal, and blame Ukraine’s requirements to confirm any change in its territory through a referendum and lift martial law.

Russia has joined five Ukrainian regions illegally, but has full control over one of them, Crimea.

UK Defense Minister John Hili Trump, who says “Putin brought to talks” and “has not closed any options.”

Russia rejected the idea of ​​a first ceasefire, insisting that its campaign will not end before a full peace agreement.

A source at élysée Palace suggested before Thursday talks that there are many historical examples of the ceasefire that lasted without a full peace agreement.

The source referred to the demarcation line between North Korea and South Korea, as the ceasefire continued for years with a strong American armed deployment that serves as a sign of North Korea.

The source added that this concept was very important for the Ukrainians.