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War in Ukraine: Russia says European troops in Ukraine would be ‘unnacceptable’

France 24

France

Thursday, August 21


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Key points from yesterday:

  • Russia said it had to be part of any discussion on security guarantees for Ukraine and downplayed the likelihood of an imminent summit with President Volodymyr Zelensky, tempering hopes for a quick peace deal.
  • Poland said Russia was again provoking NATO countries, after an official said an object that landed overnight in a cornfield in eastern Poland may have been a Russian version of the Shahed drone.
  • Ukraine said that work was underway on establishing the military component of security guarantees for Ukraine as part of a settlement of the war with Russia. Earlier President Donald Trump said the US may offer air support to Ukraine but would not put troops on the ground.
  • NATO military leaders had a “candid discussion” about the conflict in Ukraine during a video conference, the chair of the alliance’s military committee, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, said.

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