Moscow ‘No’ to NATO peacekeeping force in Ukraine – Threatens ‘uncontrolled escalation’

Russia today rejected the idea of ​​NATO members sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine if a ceasefire agreement is reached in the war with Russia, saying such a move would risk “uncontrollable escalation”. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the idea was completely unacceptable to Russia. At a press conference, he referred to recent statements by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius about the possibility of their countries contributing troops to a peacekeeping force in Ukraine. Pistorius said in an interview on January 18 that Germany, as NATO’s biggest partner in Europe, would “obviously have a role to play” and that the issue would be discussed in due course. Starmer said on January 16 that Britain was discussing the idea of ​​a peacekeeping force with other allies and that “we will do our full share”. Russia says it is open […]
Source: News Beast

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