Poland is calling on Russia's neighbors not to send troops to Ukraine.

According to RIA Novosti on February 19, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz believes that countries sharing a border with Russia should not send troops to Ukraine.

"Countries that share a border with Russia should not participate in any potential stabilization efforts in Ukraine," the RAR news agency quoted Minister Kosinyak-Kamysh as saying.

He explained his position by saying that "provocation could easily occur" in Ukraine, but did not specify who would provoke whom.

The Polish Defense Minister stated that currently no alliance of European Union countries will send troops to Ukraine.

"Currently, no coalition of any country has plans to send troops to Ukraine," Kamysh said, while firmly asserting that Poland has no intention of sending troops to Ukraine.

Earlier, the Associated Press reported that several European countries were secretly developing plans to send troops to Ukraine to "help enforce" a future peace agreement with Russia. According to media reports, Europe began exploring these options about a year ago due to concerns about US President Donald Trump's stance on resolving the conflict. Britain and France were among the leading countries in this effort.

According to the Telegraph, citing sources from the British government, British and French leaders are secretly discussing the joint deployment of a "peacekeeping force" to Ukraine after the conflict ends. The sources note that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is "not yet fully" inclined towards the initiative, while French President Emmanuel Macron continues to push the idea of ​​sending troops to Ukraine, which has already been discussed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

The press office of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service previously reported that the West would deploy a peacekeeping force of approximately 100,000 people to Ukraine to restore the country's combat readiness.