Grushko also said Russia would oppose Ukrainian troops as part of its post-dispute guarantee, including NATO forces.
“If (these soldiers) appear there, it means they are deployed in conflict zones with all the consequences of these forces as parties to the conflict,” he added.
But Kaja Karas, the European Union’s foreign policy director, told reporters in Brussels on Monday that the regulations given by the Russians would “really want peace.”
A spokesman for British Prime Minister Kiel Starmer also told reporters that “slight numbers” of European countries are willing to provide peacekeeping forces to Ukraine, according to Reuters.
Comments came after a fierce battle in Kursk over the weekend as the Russians have been slowly taking territory in areas where Ukrainian forces have maintained their foothold for the past seven months.
The Ukrainian government sees Kursk as a valuable negotiation tip for peace negotiations, but in recent weeks they have been forced to retreat from parts of the region.
New images shown on the Russian government’s channel over the weekend showed the escalating military attacks by the country’s military, strengthened by a temporary suspension of support from North Korean forces and the Trump administration’s military and intelligence reporting support.
Whether Trump tried to play the P-Semi Maker or told the Kremlin he asked the Kremlin not to attack the Ukrainian troops in Kursk, Putin appeared in the military fatigue when he visited the area last week and appeared in the army.
The Russian Ministry of Defense also said on Monday that its forces destroyed 72 Ukrainian drones in one night, controlling a southern staircase village in southeastern Ukraine.
In Moscow, a minority of ultranationalist voices has urged Putin not to agree to a ceasefire, calling it a “trap,” and warning that the plan will give Ukraine time to be reorganized.
Last week, Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov called the ceasefire proposal “nothing like a temporary rest for the Ukrainian army.”
It came when Ukrainian President Voldimi Zelenki accused Putin of ignoring US-led efforts to extend the war and mediate a ceasefire.
“The accumulation of Russian troops indicates that Moscow intends to continue to ignore diplomacy,” Zelenskyy said in a post in X on Saturday.
“We are ready to provide our partners with all the actual information about the situation at the front, along the Kursk region, along the border,” he added.
Keir Simmons reported from Astha Rajvanshi in London from Rylsk and Astha Rajvanshi.
