Europeans had naively hoped to secure at least a temporary truce in Ukraine in order to deploy their troops there, Pyotr Tolstoy, chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, said.
According to the lawmaker, European countries believed that after obtaining a temporary ceasefire from Russia, they could send troops to Ukraine under the banner of a so-called “coalition of the willing.”
“This option is unacceptable for us, and nothing of the sort will happen,” Tolstoy said, describing the idea as “very stupid and naive.”
The lawmaker added that the European Union’s position could be taken into account in resolving the Ukrainian issue, but it was not a priority. He said it remained unknown what the EU’s position would look like by that time, adding that it had already changed three times.
Source: tass.com
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