Russia will seek guarantees that Nato will exclude Ukraine from membership and that Ukraine will remain neutral in any peace deal, a Russian deputy foreign minister said. "We will demand that ironclad security guarantees become part of this agreement," Alexander Grushko told Russian media outlet Izvestia.

Russia will seek guarantees that NATO countries will exclude Ukraine from membership and Ukraine will remain neutral in any peace deal, a Russian deputy foreign minister said in remarks published on Monday.

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday threatened to go to war against NATO if European countries stick to their plans to deploy peacekeepers to Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer "are playing dumb,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine is counting on security guarantees from its allies. He emphasized that the decision regarding NATO should not depend on Russia. Zelenskyy highlighted that Ukraine is hopeful for security guarantees from allies such as European countries,

France's President Emmanuel Macron looks on during an official welcome ceremony for Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the Invalides in Paris, France March 12, 2025. LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) - The stationing of peacekeeping troops in Ukraine,

International lawyer and defence analyst Dr Glenn Kolomeitz claims Russian President Vladimir Putin “won’t tolerate” NATO boots on the ground in Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron said the stationing of peacekeeping troops in Ukraine, as proposed by Britain and France as part of a ceasefire agreement with Russia, is a question for Kyiv to decide and not Moscow.