Russia rules out European troops in Ukraine as Trump makes veiled threats

<p>Moscow backs away from accepting western security guarantees for Ukraine as US president appears to vent frustration in Truth Social post</p><p>Moscow threw Donald Trump’s Ukraine peace initiative into disarray on Thursday, insisting it must have a veto over any postwar support for the country as its forces carried out a large-scale overnight missile barrage.</p><p>In a series of hardline remarks, Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said European proposals to deploy troops in Ukraine after a settlement would amount to “foreign intervention”, which he called absolutely unacceptable for Russia.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/21/russia-ukraine-trump-peace-foreign-intervention-veto-demand">Continue reading...</a>