The EU is divided on sending peacekeeping forces to Ukraine.

According to RIA Novosti, the Times quoted European diplomats and officials as saying that Germany and several other European countries oppose the idea of ​​sending a so-called peacekeeping mission to Ukraine after the conflict is resolved.

"Britain and other European countries are divided on the wisdom of deploying a large peacekeeping mission to Ukraine. Britain, France, and the Scandinavian countries support the idea of ​​a European-led initiative to send tens of thousands of troops if a ceasefire is agreed. However, Germany and others oppose it," the Times reported.

In addition, the Baltic states and Poland have expressed concerns about the proposed deployment plan, raising worries that the mission could take away NATO assets and resources from which they would benefit.

Recently, the West has expressed concerns that sending troops to Ukraine as part of a "mission" would be impossible without the support of the United States or Russia in negotiations to resolve the conflict.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to discuss this initiative with European leaders and the NATO Secretary General at a meeting in Brussels on February 3rd.

Earlier, the Telegraph, citing sources from the British government, reported that British and French leaders were secretly discussing the joint deployment of a "peacekeeping force" to Ukraine after the conflict ends. The source noted that British Prime Minister Starmer was not yet fully supportive of the initiative, while French President Emmanuel Macron continued to push the idea of ​​sending troops to Ukraine – a move previously discussed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

According to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), the West plans to deploy a peacekeeping force of approximately 100,000 troops to restore Ukraine's combat capabilities. The SVR believes this would constitute a de facto occupation of the former Soviet republic..Russian President Vladimir Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, stressed that the deployment of peacekeeping forces is only possible with the consent of all parties in the conflict, and in the case of Ukraine, it is still too early to talk about this.