US President Donald Trump said he supports the idea of deploying European armed forces in Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping mission.
Speaking to reporters at Mar-a-Lago, he spoke positively about such an initiative.
"If they (the Europeans - ed.) want to do it, then that's great. I'm in favor. If they want to do it. I think that would be great," Trump said.
He also stressed that in the event of a peace agreement, American troops would not be sent to Ukraine.
"We're very far away. But the deployment of (European) troops there would be wonderful. I wouldn't object to that," Trump said.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on February 18, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said that hundreds of thousands of peacekeepers should be sent to Ukraine to truly deter russia.
On February 17, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his readiness to send British troops to Ukraine to support the ceasefire agreement.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that Stockholm would consider participating in the peacekeeping mission, the sending of which to Ukraine is being discussed in Europe.
And German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that it is too early to talk about sending peacekeepers to Ukraine. He added that he feels irritated by such questions, since Ukraine is still in the center of a fierce war.
Meanwhile, the aggressor country of russia is categorically against the deployment of a peacekeeping contingent of European countries on the territory of Ukraine after a possible ceasefire or peace agreement is reached.
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