Posted on 02/18/2025 5:33:02 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Russia railed against Sir Keir Starmer's plans for a peace-keeping force involving British troops in Ukraine, saying it would be a 'step towards escalation'.
Moscow issued the chilling warning after the Prime Minister revealed he was 'ready and willing' to deploy forces to help police any ceasefire deal.
The development came after the first talks aimed at ending the war got under way yesterday between the US and Russia in Saudi Arabia.
Michael Waltz, Donald Trump's National Security Adviser, appeared to back Sir Keir's plan, saying his pledge to look at sending UK troops was 'a good thing'.
But within minutes, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov claimed soldiers from any Nato nation being deployed in Ukraine would be 'unacceptable to us'.
And his deputy Alexander Grushko added: 'Under whatever guise they appear there, this is a step towards escalation.'
The clash highlights the narrow path to peace in the coming months – with the US said to be looking to strike a ceasefire deal by Easter.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who negotiated alongside Mr Waltz and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff in Riyadh, said the talks were a 'first step of a long and difficult journey'.
In an effort to ease fears that a deal could be imposed on Ukraine, he stated any peace pact would have to be 'acceptable' to 'everyone' and that President Trump wanted to 'bring an end to this conflict in a way that's fair, enduring, sustainable'.
But signalling that Ukraine may be forced to give up land already invaded by Vladimir Putin's forces, he said there will have 'to be concessions made by all sides'.
Mr Waltz added: 'There's going to be some discussion of territory and there's going to be a discussion of security guarantees.
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It clearly is an escalation. The war can end. Ukraine can lose. That’s the best outcome.
It is, These European tyrants really love their murder machine and loathe to give it up.
“Russia CLAIMS Sir Keir Starmer’s plans for a peace-keeping force involving British troops in Ukraine as a ‘step towards escalation’”
CLAIMS? Strange choice of words. Is USAID demanding to see body bags in Oxfordshire before they consider it true, that it really is an escalation?
England is broke. They can’t afford a military adventure.
Why can Russia use North Koreans, Chinese and people from other countries in their invasion but Ukraine would be escalating if they did the same???
Because life is unfair especially when you lose a war. Without Biden Ukraine lost
NATO expansion caused the war. How can stationing NATO troops in Ukraine be acceptable to Russia? They want a neutral Ukraine.
There is talk of just what to do with all of the “Palestinians.”
Round them up and make them the Ukrainian “peacekeepers.”
You wrote: “Because life is unfair especially when you lose a war”.
That’s what Germans said to Poland, France and the rest in 1939. You would fit there all right, especially if you add “when you lose the war you didn’t start”. Great statement for any troglodyte with a stick...
The bad thing is all these paid Russian bots who post lies here.
The good thing is the world knows the truth and pays no attention to these paid Russian bots.
Russia can’t concord Ukraine, but it has gained the part that is majority Russian.
I saw something in the last day that claimed the entire British Army currently has less equipment than one brigade of the British Army of the Rhine during the late Cold War era.
I notice you didn’t actually refute the statement. Bad things happen when you lose a war regardless of whether you started it. Also life is unfair probably by design
It's time for all of you neoclowns to start chasing the next shiny thing. The shine has worn off of The Ukraine.
The US should negotiate it’s exit and leave the EU and the Ukraine to either make war or peace on their own.
“The good thing is the world knows the truth”
Indeed. Once USAID got cut off the smoke of propaganda will start to clear and I’m betting the truth won’t make you happy.
It’s like letting the fox guard the hen house.
Two Tier Free Gear Keir is a busy boy.
From his X feed...
https://x.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1891915520246431798
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