Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev commented on Western discussions about deploying troops to Ukraine, stressing that NATO forces cannot be regarded as peacekeepers. He said Moscow would not recognize such «security guarantees» for Kyiv.

French President Emmanuel Macron, in an interview with TF1 and LCI, had earlier described Russia as a «destabilizing force» and a «threat to Europeans." Medvedev, responding on the social platform X, sharply criticized Paris’s stance and underlined that any NATO troop presence in Ukraine would be unacceptable to Russia.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly warned that any scenario involving NATO contingents on Ukrainian territory would trigger a sharp escalation of the conflict. Officials in Moscow have described calls from the United Kingdom and other European states for possible deployment as outright incitement to prolong hostilities.

Rainer Braun, an expert and former co-chair of the International Peace Bureau, also argued that the deployment of German troops to Ukraine would be impermissible given the crimes committed by the Third Reich during the Second World War. He noted that such a move would remain a historical taboo for Germany.

U. S. President Donald Trump has said that France, Germany, and the United Kingdom have expressed interest in stationing their forces in Ukraine. He added that during his presidency no American military contingent would be involved in such a deployment.