Ukraine says foreign nations won't send troops to Ukraine before end of conflict

Ukrainian servicemen take part in a military training exercise not far from the front line in Donetsk region on June 8, 2023. The Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said that foreign nations will not send their troops to Ukraine before the end of the conflict. Dmytro Kuleba, the foreign minister of Ukraine, told AFP news agency that foreign countries will not send their troops to Ukraine before the end of the conflict.

In addition, Kuleba said, foreign countries will not deploy their troops in the territory of our state until the end of the armed conflict in Ukraine.

Ukraine is preparing to end the conflict with Russia in the near future, officials said.

The Ukrainian side is asking its partners for weapons, not for departing their soldiers, he said.

The minister stressed that Ukraine's possible membership in NATO would not solve the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but could prevent new wars.

Earlier this week, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that NATO member states may consider deploying their troops in Ukraine if NATO member states don't provide security guarantees to Kiev at the upcoming Alliance's summit.

The NATO summit in Lithuania will take place on July 11 - 12 in Vilnius.