Trump stated he is "not opposed" to sending European troops to Ukraine, but American forces will not be deployed there.

During a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate, U.S. President Donald Trump responded to journalists' questions regarding his stance on sending a peacekeeping contingent from European troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees for a potential ceasefire agreement.

"If they (the Ukrainians) want to do it, that's great. I'm all for it. If they want to do it, I think it would be wonderful.

I mean, I know France has mentioned it. Others have brought it up. The United Kingdom has talked about it," Trump said.

He also indicated that American troops would not participate in such an initiative.

"If we reach a peace agreement, I think from Europe's perspective, we won’t need to send our troops there because, as you know, we are very far away, but having troops there would be good, I wouldn't be opposed to that at all," he stated.

"We are talking about peace now, we either have a ceasefire or actual peace, and we want to achieve both, starting with a ceasefire, and if they want to do it, I know France was ready to do it, and I believe it would be a nice gesture," he added.

Additionally, he commented on the possible withdrawal of American troops from Eastern NATO countries.

"No one has asked me to reduce troops in Europe, so I don't think we will need to do that. I wouldn’t want to do that. This issue has never come up," the U.S. president said.

Background. Recall that Lavrov stated it was unacceptable for Russia to send a peacekeeping contingent from NATO countries to Ukraine. He emphasized that this point was communicated by Russian diplomats to their American counterparts during negotiations.

On the eve, sources from the Washington Post reported that European allies of Ukraine were planning to send 25,000 to 30,000 troops to the country to prevent renewed Russian aggression after a peace agreement was reached.

The units were intended to be stationed behind the front line, ready to intervene at any attempt by Russia to resume military actions.

However, it later became known that an agreement could not be reached. Germany, Italy, Poland, and Spain expressed opposition to sending European troops to Ukraine, while France, the United Kingdom, and Sweden agreed to send their peacekeepers.