Kyiv open to possible deployment of western troops ahead of Nato membership
French president Emmanuel Macron, centre, sits with US president-elect Donald Trump, left, and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the Élysée Palace in Paris. Photograph: Aurelien Morissard/AP“I said that we, more than anyone else in the world, want the war to end. And, of course, a diplomatic end to the war will save more lives. And we want that.
“We can work on Emmanuel’s proposal. He proposed that troops of this or that country could be present on Ukrainian territory to guarantee security while Ukraine is not in... But first, we must have a clear understanding of when Ukraine will be in the EU and Nato,” he said. “There should be an immediate ceasefire and negotiations should begin,” Mr Trump wrote on social media on Sunday, claiming that Russia had lost 600,000 soldiers in its invasion and Ukraine had “ridiculously” lost 400,000 defending itself.
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