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Zelenskyy says foreign peacekeepers idea could be raised in Brussels on Wednesday

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President

17 December 2024 22:55 (UTC +04:00)

The possible deployment of foreign peacekeeping troops in Ukraine could be raised at a meeting of European leaders in Brussels on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday, APA reports citing Reuters.

The meeting to discuss support for Ukraine, almost three years after Russia's full-scale invasion, will gather the leaders of Germany, France, Poland and NATO, among others, according to sources.

The Ukrainian leader publicly floated the idea of foreign troops being deployed until Ukraine could join NATO during a meeting with a German politician on Dec. 9.

Answering questions from reporters about it potentially being discussed in Brussels, Zelenskyy said that "everyone who will be there has the right to raise this or that issue".

"There could be questions not only about the (foreign) contingent, but also questions that Ukraine will raise," he told a joint press conference with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Lviv.