Russia ‘categorically' against deploying European troops to Ukraine, Russian senior diplomat says
'Firstly, the European Union is not impartial, and peacekeepers must be impartial,' Ulyanov said on the Telegram messaging app.
'Secondly, Russia is categorically against it.'
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