Western forces would be required to act if a potential future ceasefire in Ukraine is broken, according to the German chancellor<\/p>\n
NATO forces deployed to Ukraine under a peace deal could potentially directly engage Russian troops, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said.
\nMoscow has outright rejected the idea of NATO members contributing to peacekeeping forces in a post-conflict Ukraine. The bloc\u2019s expansion was at the root of the problem contributing to the escalation of the conflict in 2022, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
\nThe security guarantees allegedly discussed by Vladimir Zelensky and the US delegation on Tuesday would require Western forces to act should a ceasefire be breached.
\nThe US has reportedly offered security guarantees for Ukraine, styled after NATO\u2019s Article 5, under which an attack on one member is treated as an attack on all, but Washington still refuses to commit to putting boots on the ground.
\nHowever, Merz claimed that under a potential peace deal, troops from guarantor states would occupy a demilitarized zone separating Russian and Ukrainian forces. If a ceasefire was breached, they would \u201cvery specifically\u201d respond to Russian \u201cincursions and attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The chancellor said the guarantees under discussion would treat Ukraine \u201cas if it were NATO territory,\u201d describing this as a notable shift in Washington\u2019s position, as the US has ruled out Ukraine formally joining the military bloc.
\nPrevious ceasefire arrangements in Ukraine, like the 2014 Minsk agreements, failed despite EU countries acting as guarantors. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former French President Francois Hollande have admitted the Minsk accords were never intended to produce a lasting settlement and were exploited to buy time for Ukraine to strengthen its military.
\nMerz\u2019s remarks come as several European leaders, including France\u2019s Emmanuel Macron, have been floating the idea of deploying Western forces in Ukraine for months, while calling for increased militarization in response to what they describe as a Russian threat.
\nMoscow has consistently dismissed claims that it poses a threat to the EU or NATO, warning any foreign troops deployed during hostilities will be treated as legitimate military targets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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