Moscow: Russia has firmly rejected any proposal allowing European troops to act as peacekeepers in Ukraine, warning that such a move would be viewed as direct NATO involvement in the ongoing war.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated on Thursday that there was “no room for compromise” on the issue, describing the presence of European forces as an “undisguised involvement of NATO countries in a war against the Russian Federation.”
“We are categorically against such actions,” Lavrov said, according to Russian news agencies.
He further emphasized, “This will mean not the allegedly hybrid, but direct, official, undisguised involvement of NATO countries in the war against the Russian Federation. This cannot be allowed.”