Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says billions for a European peacekeeping mission would be better spent on weapons and aid for Ukraine.
The cost of deploying a European peacekeeping force to Ukraine would not be as effective as using the money to buy guns and give military help to Ukrainian forces, according to former foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba. He made this point in an interview with Ukrinform.
Ukraine is talking about getting a European peacekeeping force to help stabilize the situation after Russia’s war started. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is having talks with leaders from other countries to figure out how it would work and what kind of support it could give.
Kuleba disagrees with this idea. He thinks that instead of sending a peacekeeping force, European countries should spend the money on buying guns for Ukrainian forces so they can fight Russia more effectively. This way, Ukraine wouldn’t need a peacekeeping force at all.
He also points out that having an international peacekeeping contingent would not be good for Russia because it would create a barrier between the two armies and make it harder for Russia to achieve its goals.
Kuleba believes deploying a peacekeeping force along the 1,500-kilometer front line from Chernihiv in the north to southern Ukraine would be too complicated. It would also put soldiers’ lives at risk.