Following the signing of a ceasefire agreement, Ukraine will require European peacekeepers to prevent a new attack from Russia. Their number should be no less than 200,000.
This was stated by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.
"From all Europeans? 200,000 is the minimum. That's the minimum, otherwise nothing," the head of state said at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
This figure is roughly equivalent to the size of the entire French army, which, according to estimates from the French Ministry of Defense in 2020, was just over 200,000 personnel.
Zelensky stated that at least this number of troops will be needed as a security guarantee, given that the number of Russian troops is 1.5 million, while Ukraine has only half that number.
The President also noted that such a force would only be part of the security guarantees required by Ukraine.