In his first press conference since becoming interim president, held on Friday, February 28, Ilie Bolojan said that discussing peacekeeping troops in Ukraine is premature, since no peace agreement was reached.

Russia’s foreign minister last week called the move “unacceptable” — and a Kremlin rep Tuesday said nothing has changed.

The Kremlin on Tuesday reiterated its opposition to the presence of European peacekeeping forces in Ukraine to secure a potential ceasefire, following comments by US President Trump claiming that Russia would accept such a move.

The Kremlin said on Thursday that any plan to send European troops to Ukraine as part of a potential peacekeeping mission would be unacceptable for Russia and that it was monitoring such proposals with concern.

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

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