PARIS: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would be a "legitimate" target for Moscow's army, a day after Kyiv's Western allies said they had committed to a troop presence in the event of a peace deal. "If some troops appear there, especially now during the fighting, we proceed from the premise that they will be legitimate targets," Putin said at an economic forum in the far east city of Vladivostok. He added that the deployment of a Western force was not conducive to long term peace.

PARIS: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would be a "legitimate" target for Moscow's army, a day after Kyiv's Western…

Il presidente russo, Vladimir Putin, ha detto che qualsiasi presenza di truppe occidentali in Ucraina diverrebbero bersaglio legittimo per le forze russe. (ANSA)