{"id":55518,"date":"2025-09-06T15:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T15:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/putin-threatens-response-to-foreign-troop-presence-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T15:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T15:22:06","slug":"putin-threatens-response-to-foreign-troop-presence-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/putin-threatens-response-to-foreign-troop-presence-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin warns foreign troops in Ukraine will be treated as legitimate targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Putin made the declaration at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Friday.  <\/p>\n<p>His remarks came just a day after European leaders reaffirmed their commitment to Ukraine, with France\u2019s President Emmanuel Macron announcing that 26 countries are ready to contribute troops or security support once a ceasefire is achieved.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing delegates, Putin was unequivocal. \u201cIf foreign troops appear on Ukrainian territory during the fighting, they will be legitimate targets for our forces. And even after peace, we see no reason for their presence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin leader argued that outside military involvement would only escalate tensions and undermine future stability. According to Russian officials, Moscow does not view such deployments as peacekeeping but as hostile participation in the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed allied commitments, insisting that international backing is essential for his country\u2019s survival. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkraine will have security on land, at sea, and in the air. These guarantees are vital for our people and for peace in the region,\u201d he said following consultations with European leaders.<\/p>\n<p>According to Zelenskyy, the multinational effort would not only deter further Russian aggression but also create the conditions for long-term peace and stability in Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-93969\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/webp\/mo.webp\" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine amid the ongoing war would be considered \u201clegitimate targets\u201d by Moscow\u2019s forces.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine amid the ongoing war would be considered \u201clegitimate targets\u201d by Moscow\u2019s forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000093968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000093968,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mo.webp","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/webp","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mo.webp","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mo.webp","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mo.webp","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mo.webp","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mo.webp","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000093968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55518"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55518"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}