Russia will not accept NATO-member forces in Ukraine, Dmitry Medvedev says

Moscow: A ‍proposal by European powers to deploy ⁠NATO-member troops in Ukraine as part of a proposed security ‌guarantee and ‌peace deal are unacceptable ‌for Russia, said Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council.

"What kind of guarantee can we talk about if a foreign contingent ‌of ‍unfriendly NATO member ‍states is stationed on the territory ‌of such a state," Medvedev told Reuters, TASS and the WarGonzo Russian war blogger in an interview ‍at his residence outside Moscow.

Medvedev said that Russia's ‍terms ⁠for ⁠ending the conflict were unchanged from 2024 when President Vladimir Putin set them out in a speech at the foreign ministry.