"If some troops appear there, especially now during the fighting, we proceed from the premise that they will be legitimate targets, Putin said at the Eastern Economic Forum in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, an event following closely after the Russian president engaged in a public display of close relations with China and North Korea. Putin added that the deployment of foreign troops would not be conducive to long-term peace."
"Putin's warning on Friday came a day after dozens of nations pledged to send troops to the war-battered country as a security guarantee in the event of a hoped-for peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv. A summit of the coalition of the willing on Thursday saw 26 states agree to provide forces to deter Russia from further aggression should President Donald Trump's efforts to broker that peace succeed."
Dozens of nations pledged to send troops to Ukraine as a security guarantee in the event of a peace deal. A summit of 26 states agreed to provide forces to deter further Russian aggression if peace is brokered. The United States’ commitment to such a security arrangement remains uncertain. President Vladimir Putin rejected proposed Western security guarantees and warned that any foreign troops deployed in Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Russia's military. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called the Paris proposal unacceptable and said the presence of international or NATO forces on Ukrainian soil would be recognised as a threat.
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