Fred Fleitz, former Trump National Security Council chief of staff, on Friday pushed back against talk of deploying Western troops to Ukraine, warning that such proposals stoke Russian President Vladimir Putin’s paranoia and risk escalating the war.
Putin said this week that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would be considered legitimate military targets for Moscow. His remarks came in response to French President Emmanuel Macron, who touted a pledge by 26 countries to provide postwar security guarantees to Kyiv.
Fleitz, appearing on Newsmax, urged European leaders to stop floating the idea of sending combat forces to Ukraine.
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