On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk discussed the idea of sending troops to Ukraine if a ceasefire is reached, an idea reportedly favored by President-elect Donald Trump.
Tusk said that while the idea of sending troops to Ukraine was discussed, Warsaw is not “not planning any such actions,” at least for the moment.
A report from the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita claimed that France and Poland had been discussing the idea of establishing an international peacekeeping force comprised of 40,000 troops from around the world.
However, a Polish official told POLITICO that Warsaw was “surprised” by the reported plan and said that any peacekeeping force should be under the UN or the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump told Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he wanted European troops in Ukraine to monitor a potential future ceasefire deal. The president-elect also told them that he opposes Ukrainian entry into NATO but wants to see a strong, well-armed Ukraine.
Any NATO deployment of troops into Ukraine would likely be a non-starter for Moscow since one of Russia’s primary motives for launching the invasion was over Ukraine’s alignment with the Western military alliance and its potential future membership.
Zelensky has previously suggested he could temporarily cede territory to Russia if he gets security guarantees from NATO, another idea that Russia won’t go for.
Like France and Germany did for Minsk one and two…?!
Like Russia didn't violate the Minsk agreement first on purpose so Putin could start his disastrous personal war.
France has been dying to put troops in, any excuse for Macron.
Yes, France is dying.
"Temporarily" cede territory.
By referendum, Russia controls areas in the Donbas, as will as Crimea, a warm water port.
To Russia, there is nothing "temporary" about Russia's control of those areas.
The Obama administration backing of the coup in Ukraine in 2014 has led to this mess. Hope and Change?
Sham referendum you meant.
France & Poland, absolutely not, … perhaps UN blue helmets from Africa and Asia.
Russia being a permanent member of the UNSC, you can forget about blue helmets being involved.
Please elaborate.
Russia has veto power in the UNSC. How heavy is that rock you’ve been living under?
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/beware-last-2-weeks-of-december-something-is-not-right/
"When we look at Russia, we also see December as a turning point and a move into February in the immediate future. The risk remains that NATO is trying desperately to create war with Russia before Trump takes office. My concern here is that they will create a false flag to blame Russia, just as the CIA proposed Project Northwoods to justify invading Cuba. We see a Directional Change for Russia next week."
Bunch of idiots. Dumbest crop of politicians in the West I have seen in my lifetime.
Did they have to send out scouts to round up this current crop of Drooling Dumb as a Post Avatars disguised as Homo Sapiens?
Every single time I think they couldn't get more stupid, they prove me wrong – in both quantity and "quality".
Indeed, these EU countries/fiends must include coffins to go with these "so-called" peacekeepers. Russia needs to target and eliminate Zelensky yesterday.
24 hours later, and we have the answer from Poland. It's NO.
I love the way these idiots make plans for the Russian government. Still just as demented as ever.
Fine way of insuring they’ll be no ceasefire.