Poland supports peacekeeping efforts in Ukraine, but will not deploy troops - Polish FM

Poland's Foreign Minister Sikorski stated this, according to Ukrinform.

Sikorski mentioned that many countries are considering the possibility of sending a peacekeeping contingent to Ukraine, but Warsaw "will not do this, although it will provide support for a potential mission."

The minister noted that his country has trained nearly 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers — a third of all military personnel trained by all European countries.

According to Sikorski, providing assistance to Kyiv without Poland would be impossible, as at least 80% of all support goes through the logistics hub of Rzeszów-Jasionka.

Peacekeeping forces in Ukraine

At the end of January, Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that at least 200,000 peacekeepers would be needed to secure Ukraine after the cessation of hostilities. Later, the president clarified that among the peacekeeping forces in Ukraine, there should be U.S. military personnel.                  

On February 11, the NYT reported that there are no 200,000 peacekeepers in Europe who could be sent to Ukraine. This is almost three times the size of the entire British army. On the same day, Zelenskyy said that the mission would work if 100,000 to 150,000 European troops were deployed.

According to AP, a group of European countries is secretly developing a plan to send troops to Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump supported the deployment of European peacekeeping forces in Ukraine but noted that the U.S. would not participate.

According to the French Foreign Ministry spokesperson, European countries are currently discussing only the possibility of sending their troops to Ukraine, not their number.

The Rheinmetall concern is ready to offer its products to support an international peacekeeping mission after the full-scale war in Ukraine ends.

On March 16, Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council, stated that the Kremlin would consider the deployment of Western peacekeepers to Ukraine as a declaration of war with NATO.