HAS THE ORESHNIK BEEN A REALITY CHECK? MERZ SAYS NO GERMAN TROOPS IN THE UKRAINE WITHOUT RUSSIAN CONSENT

 War hawk Friedrich Merz seems to have recognized that Russia is serious about its threat to turn him and Berlin into radioactive dust after it fired an Oreshnik at the Ukraine.

On Thursday he said at Seeon in Bavaria that he will not send troops in the Ukraine without the consent of Russia.

From The Hindustan Times

11.01.2026  #UkraineWar #Germany #Russia

Europe’s Ukraine strategy just hit a wall. As Britain and France floated plans to deploy troops after a ceasefire, Germany delivered a blunt reality check. Chancellor Friedrich Merz said no foreign soldiers can enter Ukraine without Moscow’s consent and warned the world is still far from peace. His remarks came hours after Russia fired its second Oreshnik hypersonic missile, with impacts uncomfortably close to NATO territory. The contrast exposed deep divisions inside Europe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aQtgsSWwmo

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https://menafn.com/1110582378/Merz-Prioritizes-Ceasefire-Before-Foreign-Troops-in-Ukraine

(MENAFN) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated on Thursday that a truce between Ukraine and Russia is a fundamental prerequisite for the deployment of international forces, stressing that the world remains “far off” from such a scenario and that this vision “simply does not work without the consent of Russia.”

His remarks followed the ‘coalition of the willing’ gathering in Paris on Tuesday, where UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron declared they had signed a statement of intent to send forces to Ukraine and establish “military hubs” throughout the country should a peace accord with Moscow be reached. This comes despite Russia’s repeated insistence that it categorically rejects the presence of Western troops in its neighboring state.

“The order should be as follows: first a ceasefire, then security guarantees for Ukraine as a condition for a long-term agreement with Russia. None of this is possible without Russia's consent. And we're probably still a long way from that,” Merz explained during a press briefing in Seeon, located in Bavaria’s southern region.

He further noted that any additional steps toward deploying German forces would require approval by the federal government and authorization from the Bundestag, Germany’s lower parliamentary chamber.

According to the plan presented in Paris, Britain and France would station troops to construct secure weapons facilities and participate in US-led ceasefire monitoring. The contingent was described as non-combat personnel numbering “potentially thousands.”