
Russia ‘will never agree’ to European peacekeepers in Ukraine, Lukashenko says
LONDON — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko — a close ally of President Vladimir Putin — warned that the Kremlin “will never” accept a European troop deployment to Ukraine, as Moscow and Kyiv continue to maneuver for advantage in U.S.-sponsored peace negotiations. In a wide-ranging interview with blogger Mario Naufal published late Tuesday, Lukashenko praised President…