Peacekeepers in Ukraine: A military expert calls the idea unrealistic

The scenario of deploying peacekeeping forces to Ukraine - whatever form it might take - is equally unrealistic. To involve Western soldiers in resolving the war, a mandate from the UN or NATO would be needed. Both of these are equally unrealistic.

This opinion was expressed by military expert Vladyslav Seleznyov in a comment to "Ukrainian Radio."

"To obtain a UN mandate, you would need the consent of the Russian Federation, which is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. That's unrealistic! A mandate under the NATO flag is also unrealistic, because NATO is doing everything it can to avoid any involvement in the Russian-Ukrainian war," he explained.

According to him, the number of peacekeepers that would need to be deployed in this case would have to be enormous. For this reason, Seleznyov emphasizes, it is not worth "deluding oneself with illusions" about peacekeeping forces in Ukraine in the foreseeable future. 

The expert says that "most likely, we will have to solve all the problems on our own."

Seleznyov also considers the option of covering the border with a large number of Western air defense systems to be unrealistic. He argues that the war with the Russian Federation is "first and foremost our problem, our headache."

"If our Western partners were willing to engage their forces and resources in such a way, we would at least see some echo of this process. But instead, we see Russian drones and missiles entering NATO countries, including Romania and Poland, and they’re not rushing to use their air defense and missile defense systems to destroy those drones and missiles," Seleznyov noted.

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