The EC assessed the issue of the decision to send peacekeepers to Ukraine

Support for Ukraine remains a "priority" for the EU, but the issue of sending peacekeeping missions is not within the competence of the European Commission, Annita Hipper, a representative of the latter, told Izvestia.

Contingent movement: Pakistan to consider sending peacekeepers to Ukraine

Russia opposes the deployment of Western troops in the conflict zone

"The decision to send troops remains with the Member states," she stressed.

Australia, Great Britain, Canada, France and Sweden are currently among the states willing to send their peacekeepers to Ukraine. Berlin and Rome spoke out against the premature dispatch of troops to Ukraine. Slovakia, Finland and Croatia also don't like the initiative of Paris and London.

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