Russia said on Thursday (January 8, 2026) that any troops sent to Ukraine by Western governments would be “legitimate combat targets”, after Britain and France announced plans to deploy a multinational force there in the event of a ceasefire.
A Russian Foreign Ministry statement said “militaristic declarations” by a coalition of pro-Ukraine Western governments were becoming increasingly dangerous.
Ukraine security guarantees to include binding commitments, draft Paris summit statement shows
Russia was responding for the first time to a meeting of the “coalition of the willing” in Paris on Tuesday (January 6, 2026) at which Britain and France signed a declaration of intent on the future deployment.
Russia slams Ukrainian-European plan for peacekeeping force
