The Guardian: European plans with Nato troops in Ukraine unacceptable, Kremlin says

It was clear from the beginning: even if a ceasefire deal is approved, Moscow will not allow NATO or European troops as peacekeepers.
PM Starmer’s idea to send 30’000 troops will not work, unless he wants to send them into battle against Russia.
In particular, the proposition of PM Starmer is contrary to the definition of “peacekeeping:.
Under international law, peacekeepers are non-combatants due to their neutral stance in the conflict between two or more belligerent parties (to the same extent as neutral personnel and properties outside of peacekeeping duties) and are to be protected from attacks at all times.
PM Starmer wants to send troops to protect only Ukrainian interests, to defend Ukraine in case of a new conflict. This is not a neutral peacekeeping, this is a one-side intervention in a conflict, directly with troops on the ground.
Any such deployment with same purpose cannot be called “peacekeeping”.
As it was always the intention of the Ukrainian leadership to draw its Western sponsors directly into the conflict, the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine is an incentive for the Ukrainian leadership to provoke Russian retaliation also against those NATO troops.
It is understandable why the Kremlin will not accept NATO troops in Ukraine, even if a ceasefire is reached.