Putin Warns Against Foreign Troops’ Deployment In Ukraine | World News

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that on Friday, Moscow rejected the membership of Ukraine to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and that any foreign deployment on the territory of Ukraine would be “legitimate targets for destruction”.

In his speech at the Eastern Economic Forum in Euro News, Vladivostok, Putin said that it was “almost impossible” to reach an agreement with Ukraine on key issues. He also expressed the desire to implement agreements if Russia is reached between the two countries.

“If any soldiers emerge there, especially now, during the war, we assume that there will be legitimate goals for destruction.” He said. He said, “And if there are decisions that will lead to peace, long -term peace, then I do not see any meaning in their existence on the territory of Ukraine.”

“If these agreements are reached, no one doubts that Russia will fully apply them.” He said. His statements, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, together with French President Emmanuel Macron’s statement on Thursday, said that 26 European countries, which are part of the willing coalition, are ready to provide security guarantees of post -war capacity after any potential peace agreement.

Ukraine’s European partners did not propose to use troops in Ukraine during the ongoing war with Russia, instead of sending them as a kind of international peace forces after the ceasefire or if there was a peace agreement. These forces will not participate in the fight, but the two countries will follow the peace after reaching an agreement.

Putin expressed doubts about this possibility that it would be “almost impossible” to reach an agreement on key issues related to Ukraine to end the ongoing war in February 2022. He said that Russia also wanted to get security guarantees. However, he did not mention the necessary measures and how to protect Russia in his conflict with Ukraine. “Peace guarantees should be for both Russia and Ukraine,” he said.

Euro News, Russian President Moscow’s rejection of Ukraine’s NATO membership, and Kremlin’s desire to be a part of the European Union, he said. “Ukraine’s decision on NATO cannot be taken into account without looking at the interests of Russia,” but Kyiv’s EU requests are “a legitimate choice”. “I repeat, (Ukraine’s EU proposal) Ukraine’s legitimate choice, how international relations will be established, how to provide the interests in the economic field, who will enter the alliances,” he said.