CNN: The West Actively Discussing Sending NATO Troops To Ukraine

• 15.01.2025, 10:26

The deployment of troops is expected along the front line.

There are “active discussions” about how NATO nations might deploy troops to assist with a de-militarized zone, if one became part of any peace deal, and they were requested. This has been reported by CNN with a reference to a European defense official.

“Perhaps the presence of some NATO troops along Ukraine’s frontlines could restrain the Kremlin from trying to advance slowly,” stated in the material.

Alexander Hug, who ran the OSCE monitoring mission on the ground that oversaw the ceasefires of 2014-15, told CNN that no ceasefire is perfect.

“Violations are bound to occur. The key question is what the agreement foresees in terms of sanctions and remedial action.” He said that if either side got away with it, “you have an open invitation for more of the same.”

Kaja Kallas, the former Estonian prime minister and now the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, told CNN from Rome she believed Ukraine could still win with the right aid:

“The stakes for European security are extraordinarily high,” she said. “The scale of hybrid attacks in Europe have already surged and Ukraine’s defeat would cost us far more than aid. Putin has shown a total disregard for international law and cannot be trusted. Without credible security guarantees, any ceasefire agreement is likely to fail. Russia will simply rearm and re-attack.” A bad peace deal “will only lead to more war, just as it did before,” she said.

“We must learn from the past and ensure any future agreement is sustainable,” she added.