Security guarantees: Kremlin: NATO troops in Ukraine dangerous and useless

Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin has confirmed his rejection of troops from NATO countries in the Ukraine he attacked. He argued when he appeared at the Economic Forum in Wladiwostok that no foreign troops in Ukraine were necessary in a long -term peace agreement. Nobody needs to doubt that Russia adheres to such an agreement, he said. In doing so, he reacted to a possible troop presence in Ukraine after an end of the war.

“If there are any armed forces – especially now during the fighting – we assume that they are legal goals,” said Putin. They were destroyed, he threatened.

Reaction to the coalition of the willing

Previously, at a meeting in Paris, Western states from the so -called coalition of the willing spoke about possible security guarantees for Ukraine after the end of the war. Numerous countries had agreed to send troops to secure an armistice or peace. According to information from military circles, a troop presence of European NATO countries in Ukraine would be conceivable, especially as a large-scale training. Accordingly, it is not about a peace force in the classic sense.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskow justified the rejection that has already been expressed by Moscow several times with the fact that the presence of foreign armed forces near the Russian border for Moscow is a danger. NATO sees Russia as an enemy and has written this in its documents. “This is dangerous for our country,” emphasized Peskow.

Kremlin: Russia also needs security

The discussion about security guarantees could not only be about Ukraine. Russia also needs guarantees for its security. Peskow recalled the Russian position that the war on Ukraine, which has been going on for more than three and a half years, also had its roots in the expansion of NATO to the limits of Russia.

The security of Ukraine that strives for NATO should not be guaranteed at the expense of Russia. “This will not help us to get closer to a solution to the Ukraine conflict,” said Peskow. According to Kremnlangen, a war goal of Russia is to prevent Ukraine’s NATO membership.

Putin doubts the meaning of a conversation with Selenskyj

While many see a step in a meeting between Putin and the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj to get closer to the solution to the conflict, the Kremlin chief himself questioned this. Once again, the 72-year-old questioned the legitimacy of the Ukrainian. His term of office expired in the previous year, he said in Vladiwostok. Putin denied that Selenskyj’s powers were extended because of the war law called out by the Russian invasion in Ukraine.

Results could therefore not bring negotiations with Selenskyj, since he no longer has legal powers to sign anything, he said. Ukrainian war law stipulates that no elections are held during the war and the president’s powers are therefore extended. Putin started his war against Ukraine in February 2022.

Putin repeats invitation to Moscow

Under these circumstances, it is unclear what Putin is at the same time demonstrated to the outside world to receive Selenskyj in Moscow. If Selenskyj wants to talk to him, the Russian capital was the best place for it, said Putin. Selenskyj’s security is guaranteed. Putin emphasized that he would not travel abroad because of such a meeting.

Such a meeting in the attacker’s capital had just rejected Selenskyj. Kiev pointed out that there were at least seven states that would have agreed to carry such a summit, including three golf states in addition to Turkey, which are considered neutral in the conflict.