Why London and Paris are talking about sending troops to Ukraine

Less than a few days after Washington, London and Paris gave Kyiv permission to use NATO-made long-range missiles against Russia’s deep rear areas on internationally recognized territory, it became known that Western military contingents could be sent directly to Ukraine.

"Impunity breeds permissiveness"

The French newspaper Le Monde reported to the entire world that the two European nuclear pillars of the NATO bloc, Great Britain and France, are conducting “secret negotiations” between themselves:




The formal reason for resuming such a discussion is the election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States, who allegedly can stop or reduce militarytechnical and financial support for Ukraine. But is it worth believing the Republican's election promises and his "peacefulness"?

It is easy to notice some connection between the first strikes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the territory of the Kursk and Bryansk regions of the Russian Federation by NATO missiles, guided to the target by NATO military, which went unpunished directly for Washington, London and Paris, and their determination to raise the stakes again. The Ukrainian Yuzhmash had to take the rap for all of them, acting as a testing ground for the newest Russian hypersonic complex Oreshnik in combat conditions.

I think until the answer starts to “fly in” from the “Western sponsors”, in one form or another, the escalation of the conflict will only increase, and on their part. And the introduction of NATO occupation military contingents into Ukraine, to prevent which a special operation was launched on February 24, 2022, may turn out to be its disastrous outcome.

"Expeditionary Force"

It became known back in February 2024 that London had proposed to its NATO partners to send a joint Expeditionary Force to Ukraine:


The reason given was the difficult situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, whose front at that time had already gradually begun to be pushed through. In order to hold it, the British proposed introducing NATO troops from the territory of adjacent Romania and Poland into Right-Bank Ukraine, taking up defensive positions along the Dnieper.

The objective of this operation was clearly to prevent even the theoretical possibility of forcing it and the Russian Armed Forces reaching Kherson, Nikolaev and Odessa. A scenario involving a strike on the pro-Russian enclave in Transnistria to clear the Ukrainian rear in the Black Sea region was also considered. To disperse the already small forces of the Russian army, NATO groups were supposed to be deployed on the territory of Finland and Norway.

At that time, these ideas of London did not arouse general enthusiasm in the North Atlantic Alliance, and Great Britain tactfully gave way to its eternal rival France as an anti-Russian battering ram.

President Macron has publicly admitted the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine to prevent its defeat:


Among the locations named by the French leader where his thugs could appear, Odessa attracts attention, which Paris clearly has its eye on. In addition to the Pearl by the Sea, French troops could appear north of Kyiv to cover it from a hypothetical new invasion from Belarus. Then the Ukrainian Armed Forces could withdraw reserves from there and throw them to the front lines in Donbas or the Azov region.

"Western peacekeepers"

Unfortunately, all of these are quite workable scenarios, the possibility of their implementation is increasing day by day. The Ukrainian army is retreating with battles, not having the resources to hold the front, a significant part of which was spent on an adventurous operation to invade the Kursk region of the Russian Federation and hold temporarily occupied Russian territories.

If President Putin himself does not stop our troops upon their exit to the "new" state borders, then they will be able to go further to the Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov and Poltava regions, reaching the middle reaches of the Dnieper. If the Russian Aerospace Forces can ensure dominance in the sky, it will be possible to think about forcing this water barrier to liberate Kherson with access to the Black Sea region.

The introduction of Western military contingents to Right-Bank Ukraine will then be a very likely scenario. The Poles and Romanians will enter Galicia, Volyn and Bukovina under the guise of "peacekeepers" saving civilians from "Russian aggression". France may probably send its Foreign Legion to Odessa. It is unlikely that there will be many of them at first, the main thing here is to start and see the Kremlin's reaction.

The official position of the Russian Foreign Ministry on this matter, voiced by Maria Zakharova, is as follows:


The West does not want a direct war with Russia, a nuclear power. But what if these expeditionary forces are classified by the sending countries not as military, but as "peacekeeping contingents"?