Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected the idea of a “reassurance force” in Ukraine after any ceasefire comes into place.

At a Paris summit aimed at finalising plans for security guarantees, French President Emmanuel Macron said 26 of Ukraine’s allies had formally committed to deploying troops “by land, sea or air” after a ceasefire.

President Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the BBC’s Russia editor Steve Rosenberg that the pledge “…will not help us get closer to the solution of the Ukrainian conflict.”

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