Trump excludes sending US troops to Ukraine and says who should handle security guarantees: “You have my insurance, and I'm the president”

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday excluded the sending of American troops to help impose a possible peace agreement in Ukraine, despite the fact that in the White House discussions, carried on Monday with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski and European leaders, has been open to this idea, writes CNN, BBC News and The Guardian.

In a telephone interview given Fox News this morning, Trump was asked: “What kind of guarantees do you think you have, after the end of the Trump administration, that there will be no American troops to defend the border (Ukraine)?”.

“Well, you have my insurance, and I'm the president,” Trump replied.

“I just try to prevent the killing of people,” the American leader said.

A white house official confirmed on Tuesday that Trump is “categorical” in the fact that no American troops will be held to protect Ukraine. However, the American official added, there are other ways in which the US can ensure Kiev protection.

The official said that the discussions regarding the commitments regarding security guarantees are in progress, and the details will continue to be the object of the US, its European allies and Ukraine. Foreign leaders want to know what resources Trump will hire to ensure that, once a possible peace agreement will be reached, Russia will not be able to regroup and try to conquer other Ukrainian territories in the future.

Trump also said on Tuesday that he still believes that European countries are the “first line of defense” against Russian aggression in Ukraine, but that the US will be involved in ensuring the region's security.

Trump was also asked how the security guarantees for Ukraine could look, and the US president replied that France, Germany and the United Kingdom are among the countries that “want” field troops to strengthen Ukraine's subsequent protection, adding that sending these allied bands “I do not think it will be a problem.”

Trump was elected president and based on the promise not to involve American troops in foreign conflicts, even some members of his own government pleading for a significant reduction in the US role in the Ukraine war, notes CNN.

Donald Trump also stated in the interview given on Tuesday Fox News that he hopes for his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to “behave well” and take steps to conclude the war in Ukraine, but he admitted that the Kremlin leader may not want to conclude an agreement, although he is “the poor” of this war. Zelenski is too “inflexible”.

The statements of the White House leader coming after the series of high-level meetings on Monday, from the White House, and last week, from Alaska, meetings that did not lead to concrete results for a perspective of termination of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.