Not for Russia to ‘decide’ if West can deploy troops to Ukraine: NATO chief

PRAGUE: NATO chief Mark Rutte said Thursday that Russia did not have a veto on whether Western powers can deploy troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees if a truce is reached.

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“Why are we interested in what Russia thinks about troops in Ukraine It’s a sovereign country. It’s not for them to decide,” Rutte said.

Leaders from a so-called coalition of the willing spearheaded by France and Britain are set to hold talks later Thursday to firm up contributions to the planned security guarantees.