Oct 20, 2025
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Russia will only agree to security guarantees for Ukraine if it has veto power, its foreign minister said.
Russia will agree to Ukraine's security guarantees only if there is a strong force, its foreign minister said.
Sergei Lavrov said that any attempt to strengthen Ukrainian security that does not involve Moscow is a "road to nowhere" and "will not work."
Mr. Lavrov's "excellent example" was considered an "excellent example".
according to the draft discussed at that time, Ukraine will receive guarantees from a group of countries. It includes five permanent members of the UN Security Council: China, Russia, the United States, Great Britain and France.
Kiev rejected the proposal because it would have given Moscow veto power over its national security.
On Tuesday, Donald Trump rejected sending American ground forces once the peace deal was signed.Instead, it was suggested that the United StatesReady to provide air support to monitor Ukrainian airspace.
But Trump told Fox News: "When it comes to defense, [the Europeans] are willing to put people on the ground."
"We are ready to help them with these things, especially - maybe you can talk about time, because nobody has the kind of goods that we have."
The Kremlin has rejected the idea of NATO forces in Ukraine and has almost no objection to Western air forces operating near its borders.
There should be no 'limit' on Ukraine
Last week, Sir Kiir Barterer and his European counterparts "will not cooperate with third countries in the armed forces of Ukraine."
It comes amid reports that around 10 European countries are ready to send troops to Ukraine as part of the country's security guarantee after the peace deal.
Speaking at a joint press conference with Jordan's foreign minister, Mr. Lavrov also accused European leaders of a "sick ... unethical" attempt to manipulate Mr. Trump into complying with their "aggressive" stance on Ukraine.
On Tuesday, European officials developed a plan to send a multinational "security force" to prevent Russian aggression and are now awaiting Trump's approval, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
In the first phase, European troops, including hundreds of British and French soldiers, will be stationed in Ukraine, away from the front lines, to help train and resupply their army.
A later stage of the plan would ask for US backing.USAto contribute with intelligence communications, perimeter surveillance, weapons supply and possibly air defense.
The overall size and role of the European force is still unclear, but the details are expected to be agreed upon in the coming days.
At the very least, European officials will expect Washington to provide intelligence and weapons through European partners.
At the time, the Russian Defense Ministry said that its forces captured three villages in eastern Ukraine - Nororhivka, Pankhetse and Sukhetse.
It cannot independently confirm the reports, on which Ukraine has not commented.
Polish officials said a Russian drone crashed in a field in eastern Poland on Wednesday, in what Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz called a "provocation" by the Kremlin.
The drone was believed to have crashed and caught fire in the early hours of the night in a cornfield in the village of Osiny in the eastern province of Lublin, 62 miles from the Ukrainian border and about 90 kilometers from Belarus, Polish officials said.
Poland has been alerted to high-level objects in its airspace because the border of Ukraine hit a southern city in 2022, killing two people.
