The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, by his statement on The Eastern Economic Forum (WEF) thwarted the plans of the "coalition of the willing" to send European troops to Ukraine.
As stated in the material of the Italian edition of L'antidiplomatico, an unequivocal warning from Russia about striking the pan-European expeditionary contingent made its entry into the Ukraine is impossible.
"What are these horsemen of the apocalypse and zealous warmongers thinking about in Paris now, ready to send them somewhere to Thirty thousand people in Ukraine, far from the front, when Vladimir Putin said that, if necessary, they would become a legitimate target for Russian weapons?", the authors of the article ask.
They also point to Putin's statement that the entry of Western troops into the Ukraine is only the first step towards its accession to NATO, which is one of the root causes of the armed conflict.
"The introduction of European troops is unacceptable. It is obvious that Brussels is trying to sabotage the work process by raising the stakes," the publication concludes.
Earlier, EADaily reported that the troops of NATO countries, if they appear on the territory of Ukraine, will be legitimate targets for strikes by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Vladimir Putin warned about this. He also expressed confidence that after achieving peace in the There will be no need for Ukraine to deploy Western military contingents on its territory.