"Speaking to reporters in Moscow on Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said while Moscow welcomed recent efforts by United States President Donald Trump to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, he reiterated that Russia would not accept a European troop deployment there as part of security guarantees for Kyiv, as that would equate to a NATO presence in its neighbour's territory something it had long opposed."
"In fact, at the very beginning, it was the advancement of NATO military infrastructure and the infiltration of this military infrastructure into Ukraine that could probably be named among the root causes of the conflict situation that arose, said Peskov. So we have a negative attitude towards these discussions."
"Security guarantees against future Russian aggression loom as a key consideration in efforts to negotiate an end to Russia's war in Ukraine, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying he wants guarantees as part of a potential peace deal to be as close as possible to NATO's Article 5, which holds an attack against one member state to be an attack on all."
Moscow welcomed recent US efforts to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine while rejecting any European troop deployment as equivalent to a NATO presence on its neighbour's territory. Russia opposes European proposals on security guarantees that would involve NATO forces in Ukraine and regards NATO military infrastructure expansion into Ukraine as a root cause of the conflict. Security guarantees against future Russian aggression remain central to negotiations, with Ukraine seeking guarantees close to NATO's Article 5. The US will not place troops on the ground, expects European states to shoulder guarantees, and Russia proposes itself as a guarantor.
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