Putin illustrates EU’s contradictory position on Ukraine with old joke

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Vladimir Putin criticized what he described as contradictory European Union positions on foreign troops in Ukraine. He said Moscow opposes their deployment, while EU states have discussed sending a contingent after the conflict ends.

The Russian president pointed out that Moscow has repeatedly said that deploying foreign troops to Ukraine is unacceptable, yet the EU states that it will send its contingent there after the conflict ends anyway