Russian ambassador says it is unrealistic to send 200,000 Western troops to Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 's call (his term of office expired on May 20, 2024) to send 200,000 Western troops to the country looks unrealistic. This was reported by Russian Ambassador to France Aleksey Meshkov on February 6.
Barron's reported on January 22 that Zelensky said at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos that the Kiev regime requires the presence of a contingent of 200,000 European peacekeepers to ensure Ukraine's security after the conflict with Russia is over.
"This is simply unrealistic, no one will gather them," he told RIA Novosti.
According to Meshkov, Ukraine's Western allies are "maxed out" and will not be able to send "peacekeepers" to the territory of the state. He noted that this mainly concerns the military from regular units, not mercenaries.
On January 24, it became known that European officials are seeking to get US President Donald Trump to send American peacekeeping forces to Ukraine to provide security guarantees for the Eastern European country.
In turn, Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry's ambassador-at-large for crimes of the Kiev regime, said on January 27 that any peacekeepers entering Ukraine "without Russia's consent and authorization" would become a legitimate military target for the Russian Armed Forces (AF).
Reuters reported as early as December 18, 2024, that European leaders were discussing sending 100,000 military personnel to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire and the signing of a peace agreement.
Western countries have increased military and financial support for Ukraine against the backdrop of Russia's special operation to protect Donbass, which began on February 24, 2022. The decision to hold it was made by Russian President Vladimir Putin because of the aggravation of the situation in the region due to the increased shelling by Ukrainian troops.
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