The European Union has not made any decisions regarding sending military personnel to Ukraine under any mandate, EU spokesperson Peter Stano stated on 11 November during a Brussels briefing, Ukrinform reports.
The statement came in response to Ukrinform’s questions about reported communications between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as proposals about deploying European troops along the line of contact between Ukrainian and Russian forces in case of a conflict freeze.
“At this stage, there is no such decision by the European Union that would allow the EU to send its soldiers to Ukraine in any capacity and under any mandate,” Stano said.
He explained that current EU missions include a military training operation that is mandated to provide training outside Ukraine’s territory.
“Discussions are ongoing between member states about whether we could advance this activity or extend this mission’s mandate to Ukraine as well. But at this time, we don’t have anything unanimously agreed upon between member states,” the spokesperson added.
Alleged Trump-Putin phone call
Stano noted it would be inappropriate for the EU to comment on media reports about a possible phone conversation between other countries’ leaders, especially given that Moscow had denied any phone call between Putin and Trump took place.
Earlier the same day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied media reports about a recent phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President-elect President Donald Trump, which had appeared alongside Trump’s possible plans for war resolution in Ukraine through freezing the conflict.
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