The State Duma assessed the timing of the formation of the list of guarantor countries of security for Ukraine

The list of countries that will provide security guarantees to Ukraine will be formed gradually. Alexey Chepa, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Relations, expressed this opinion on Thursday, December 4.

"The closer we get step by step to approving and adopting a peace agreement, the more carefully the European member states of NATO will treat previous statements and will be very attentive to considering their participation in future relations with Russia," the deputy said in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

He added that the European Union (EU) and the NATO countries do not have unity in their positions, so in the future all European states will first try to build one-on-one relations with Russia.

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Earlier, on December 2, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said that Finland was not ready to provide any security guarantees to the Ukrainian side, but could help with its organization. 360.ru .

In addition, commenting on the possibility of sending Finnish soldiers to the territory of Ukraine, Orpo said that Helsinki does not want to risk a "clash" with the Russian Federation, according to the website. kp.ru .

On December 1, French President Emmanuel Macron announced at a press conference after meeting with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky that the "coalition of willing" had completed work on guarantees for Ukraine. According to him, key discussions are expected to be held to clarify the US participation in these guarantees.

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