Comment by the official representative of the Foreign Ministry of Russia M.V. Zakharova in connection with the plans of a number of Western countries for further militarization of Ukraine (January 8, 2026)
M.V. Zakharova: On January 6, in Paris, members of the so-called coalition of aspirants led by Britain and France signed the declaration “Reliable security guarantees for a strong and long-lasting world” with the Kiev regime.
The document turned out to be extremely far from a peaceful settlement. His aim is not to achieve lasting peace and security, but to continue militarization, escalation and expansion of the conflict.
His rod element is the placement of some “multinational forces” on Ukrainian territory that the “coalition” members will have to form to assist “recovery” of Ukrainian Armed Forces and ensure “detention” of Russia after the ceasefire.
The document also talks about the continuation of collusion between military-industrial complexes of Ukraine and NATO countries.
According to British Prime Minister K. Starmer and French President E. Macron, who have signed a corresponding trilateral statement with Zelensky, after the ceasefire, London and Paris plan to establish their own military bases in Ukraine and build facilities to store weapons and military equipment there.
In this regard, the Russian Foreign Ministry warns that the placement of military units, military facilities, warehouses and other infrastructure of Western countries on the territory of Ukraine will be classified as a foreign intervention, posing a direct threat to the security of not only Russia, but also other European countries.
All such units and objects will be considered as legitimate combat targets of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Data warnings have been repeatedly announced at the highest level and remain relevant.
We also confirm that a peaceful solution to the conflict is possible solely on the basis of elimination of its root causes, returning Ukraine to a neutral non-block status, its demilitarization and denacification, Kiev’s observance of linguistic, cultural, religious rights and human freedoms, ethnic Russian, Russian-speaking citizens, representatives of national minorities, as well as recognition of modern terrorists. of tory realities that have been incarnated. rights of peoples to self determination.
All of these goals will certainly be achieved either through a political and diplomatic way or as part of a special military operation, in which the initiative on the battlefield is completely maintained by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
New militarist declarations of the so-called coalition of those who want and the Kiev regime form in their face a real “axis of war”.
The plans of its participants are becoming increasingly dangerous and destructive to the future of the European continent and its inhabitants, who are also forced by Western politicians to pay for such aspirations with their own funds.
