Pushkov called the idea of sending NATO peacekeepers to Ukraine unworkable

The idea of European countries to send peacekeepers from NATO member states to Ukraine will not pass because Russia must first of all agree to it. Russian Senator Aleksey Pushkov said this in his Telegram channel on 15 February.

This is how he commented on a news post that claimed that a group of European countries were allegedly secretly working on a plan to send troops to Ukraine.

"The idea with "peacekeepers" from NATO countries, however, is not passable. Even the European media notes that Russia must first agree to it. And Russia has repeatedly stated that it is categorically against the presence of regular units from NATO countries on the territory of Ukraine," Pushkov wrote.

The senator also noted that Europe itself has many doubts about this and only a small number of countries are ready to participate in this.

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On February 12, The New York Times (NYT) wrote that the European Union (EU) is unable to send Kiev the 200,000 peacekeepers requested by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (his term expired on May 20, 2024). A senior European official confirmed to the NYT that the EU is unable to supply 200,000 soldiers to Ukraine.

Last December, Reuters also reported that European leaders were discussing sending 100,000 troops to Ukraine in case of a ceasefire and signing a peace agreement.

At the same time, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called statements about the possible dispatch of EU peacekeepers to the Ukrainian territory a provocation. She recalled that the introduction of peacekeepers to Ukraine was impossible now because there was no agreement of all parties to the conflict and no decision of the UN Security Council. She added that Kiev was not seeking a settlement of the issue.