{"id":13896,"date":"2026-02-03T20:11:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=13896"},"modified":"2026-02-07T03:22:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:22:59","slug":"nato-nations-to-deploy-troops-in-ukraine-after-peace-deal-secretary-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/nato-nations-to-deploy-troops-in-ukraine-after-peace-deal-secretary-general\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO nations to deploy troops in Ukraine after peace deal \u2013 secretary-general"},"content":{"rendered":"
Russia has maintained that sending Western military units to the country is a dealbreaker in ongoing peace negotiations<\/strong><\/p>\n The NATO nations will deploy troops to Ukraine once the conflict with Russia ends, Secretary-General Mark Rutte has said.<\/p>\n Moscow has maintained that sending in Western military units would only escalate the conflict, and could lead to a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO. However, Kiev’s European backers have continuously lobbied to send in soldiers as a means of guaranteeing Ukraine’s security.<\/p>\n “Some European allies have announced that they will deploy troops to Ukraine after a deal is reached,” <\/em>the NATO Secretary-General said in a speech to the Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday. “Troops on the ground, jets in the air, ships on the Black Sea. The United States will be the backstop.”<\/em><\/p>\n \n Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n In the meantime, the US-led military bloc is “assisting, equipping and training the Ukrainian Armed Forces”<\/em> and sending “billions of dollars’ worth of critical US military hardware”<\/em> to Ukraine, Rutte said.<\/p>\n Russia has long warned that it would treat any NATO soldiers sent to Ukraine as legitimate targets for strikes.<\/p>\n “The deployment of Western military units, facilities, warehouses, and other infrastructure in Ukraine is unacceptable to us and will be considered a foreign intervention that poses a direct threat to Russia’s security,” <\/em>Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told journalists on Monday.<\/p>\n