The British daily “The Telegraph” reported in recent days that the president-elect of the USA Donald Trump may call on “European and British troops” to establish a buffer zone of over 1,200 km between Russian and Ukrainian forces as part of plan to freeze the war w Ukraine.
According to the newspaper, this plan does not include the deployment of US troops there for the purpose patrolling the buffer zone or providing U.S. financial support for this mission. However, the US would provide Ukraine with weapons to prevent it from resuming aggression Russia.
War in Ukraine. Brussels denies the rumors
– At this stage there is no decision regarding sending by European Union its soldiers in any role and in any form of mandate on Ukrainian soil – replied EC spokesman Peter Stano when asked about this matter on Monday.
He added that it exists EU training mission for Ukrainian soldiers, but they are trained on the territory of the Community. – Discussions are ongoing between member stateswhether we could transfer some of these activities to Ukraine, extending the mission's mandate – he added, noting that there is no unanimity on this issue.
Ukraine. What will Donald Trump do?
It is still unclear what step the new administration will take Donald Trump. During the recent election campaign, the US president-elect declared that the war in Ukraine would end within 24 hours.
Currently it seems the most likely conflict freezing scenario. On Thursday – according to the Washington Post – there was supposed to be a conversation between Trump and… Vladimir Putin. The Republican asked for non-escalation of the war.
On Monday The Kremlin denied these reports. – There was no conversation. This is completely untrue this is pure fiction – assured the spokesman of the Russian leader Dmitry Pieskow.