Lithuania has declared its readiness to send about two hundred peacekeepers to Ukraine.

Lithuania is ready to send a couple hundred soldiers to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping mission. This was stated on August 20 by Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda in an interview with TV3.

"We are ready to contribute to the extent that the mandate of the Sejm allows, both by sending peacekeeping forces and by providing our military equipment," Nauseda said.

According to the Lithuanian president, if the country participates in the peacekeeping mission, it will send about the same number of soldiers as in Afghanistan — about 200. However, he clarified that there is no final decision on the troops yet, as Lithuania may be assigned other tasks as part of the "coalition of the willing."

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On August 19, Bloomberg learned about the readiness of about 10 countries to send troops to Ukraine as part of providing possible security guarantees for Kiev. This was clarified during the summit of European officials held on the same day. According to the agency, the prerequisite for such plans was the meeting of the leaders of the European Union (EU) with US President Donald Trump at the White House, which confirmed Washington's commitment to security guarantees.

Earlier in the day, Russian Deputy Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia would not accept security guarantees implying the deployment of NATO troops on the territory of Ukraine. He noted that European leaders continue to insist on the idea of sending NATO troops to Ukraine, despite Moscow's objections.

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