NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said on Tuesday that once a peace deal is signed between Russia and Ukraine, NATO troops will "instantly" deploy to Ukrainian territory. Russia has made clear that it would never accept a peace deal that involved NATO troops deploying to Ukraine, but the Ukrainian government and…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that if Ukraine asks for such security guarantees during talks in Abu Dhabi, the talks would make no progress. “I do not know what will be offered to our delegation in Abu Dhabi. I discussed with them yesterday the security guarantees that Mark Rutte spoke about yesterday in parliament in Kiev. If this is what the Ukrainians came to Abu Dhabi with, then this is another confirmation that Zelensky does not want peace,” Lavrov said, according to Russia’s TASS news agency.

ETA: crossposted from https://news.abolish.capital/post/25218