Lithuania will possible take into account deploying army personnel to Ukraine for a possible peacekeeping mission, Lithuanian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Raimundas Vaiksnoras mentioned on Jan. 30, in response to the LRT broadcaster.
"If you happen to ask whether or not Lithuania may (ship peacekeepers to Ukraine), sure, we are going to in all probability take into account it. There shall be a dialogue, and I feel we also needs to take accountability for European stability," Vaiksnoras instructed the Ziniu radio.
His remarks come amid ongoing discussions amongst Western nations concerning the doable deployment of peacekeeping forces if a ceasefire is negotiated.
Earlier experiences from The Wall Avenue Journal indicated that U.S. President Donald Trump’s crew is weighing a plan to delay Ukraine's NATO membership by at the least 20 years in alternate for continued Western arms provides and the deployment of European peacekeepers to watch a ceasefire.
German Protection Minister Boris Pistorius mentioned on Jan. 18 that Germany could take into account contributing forces to such a mission, whereas U.Ok. Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed on Jan. 16 that he had mentioned the matter with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Moscow has strongly opposed the concept. Russian Overseas Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova warned on Jan. 23 that deploying a NATO peacekeeping contingent to Ukraine may result in "uncontrolled escalation."
Zelensky has mentioned that Trump may doubtlessly dealer an finish to the warfare however careworn that any settlement should contain Kyiv. Whereas Trump has vowed to resolve the battle shortly, his aides have instructed that any potential settlement may take months.
Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned on Jan. 24 that Moscow is open to talks with Trump on ending the warfare in Ukraine.
The Kyiv IndependentTim Zadorozhnyy