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[Regnum] Europe is working on many options for an international operation in Ukraine. This was stated on March 20 by the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army, General Wieslaw Kukula.
“A multi-variant operation is being prepared, which largely depends on how the peace talks proceed,” the RAR agency quoted him as saying.
He added that the operation is still in the early stages of planning, and the participants prefer not to disclose the details of the agreements.
Regarding Warsaw's participation in the peacekeeping mission, Kukula stressed that the country does not intend to involve its military. However, according to him, it is impossible to completely avoid participation in the operation due to the common border.
There is a convenient network of roads from Poland to Ukraine, the general recalled. The country's participation may affect the sphere related to the basing of troops to ensure Ukraine's security guarantees, and logistical support, he added.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, in February, the head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, stated that Ukraine would need at least 200 thousand peacekeepers to ensure the country’s security after the end of the military conflict with Russia.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Britain and France want to send 30,000 "peacekeepers" to Ukraine if the parties to the conflict reach a peace agreement. At the same time, EU officials acknowledged that without US assistance, such a plan would face a "thorny path."
On March 15, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Western countries were moving on to discussing the “ operational details” of sending troops to Ukraine. He added that he considered it important for these “peacekeepers” to receive security guarantees from the United States and noted that he was negotiating with Washington on the issue on a daily basis.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had previously stated that Russia would under no circumstances accept the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine as "peacekeepers." The diplomat stressed that if NATO troops under any flag were allowed to be stationed in the remaining territories of Ukraine, they would be defending the Nazi regime there.
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