(Multimedia) Ukraine needs 200,000 peacekeepers to ensure security: Zelensky – Xinhua

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country would need at least 200,000 European peacekeeping troops to make possible security guarantees, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported on Wednesday.

kyiv, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country would need at least 200,000 European peacekeeping troops to make possible security guarantees, the Ukrainian peacekeeping agency reported on Wednesday. Interfax-Ukraine press.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s 2025 annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Zelensky said he supports the idea of ​​an international peacekeeping force in Ukraine to prevent further attacks. Russian after a possible ceasefire.

“If it (the Russian Federation) has an army of 1.5 million people, and we have only half that, we will need (peacekeeping) contingents with a number large number of soldiers,” said Mr. Zelensky.

Last week, local press reported that the United Kingdom and France were considering deploying peacekeeping troops to Ukraine following a possible ceasefire agreement between kyiv and Moscow.■