Foreign troops in Ukraine would be 'legitimate targets for destruction,’ Putin says | NYGazet

The Russian president said on Friday it is "practically impossible" to reach an agreement with Ukraine on key issues, and also reiterated Moscow’s resolute rejection of a Ukrainian membership in NATO.

Moscow will consider any foreign troop deployment on Ukrainian soil as “legitimate targets for destruction”, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. "If any troops appear there, especially now, during the fighting, we assume that they will b... [2993 chars]