Moscow warns that foreign troops in Ukraine would be seen as legitimate targets – as it happened

<p>Members of the pro-Ukraine “coalition of the willing” this week reasserted their desire for such a force after a cessation of hostilities</p><p>Meanwhile, <strong>the Kremlin has rejected Lithuanian president’s warnings about a potential Russian attack on critical infrastructure </strong>(<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jul/15/ursula-von-der-leyen-ukraine-russia-volodymyr-zelenskyy-vladimir-putin-europe-live-news?page=with%3Ablock-6a57378e8f08300d616e4d22#block-6a57378e8f08300d616e4d22">10:06</a>)<strong>,</strong> <strong>dismissing them as “horror stories”</strong> intended to “prepare public for further militarisation.”</p><p>Reuters reported that the Kremlin said these comments were merely a “pretext for further deployment of Nato military infrastructure to Baltic states.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jul/15/ursula-von-der-leyen-ukraine-russia-volodymyr-zelenskyy-vladimir-putin-europe-live-news">Continue reading...</a>