Among the goals of the group – which is dominated by the UK and France – is also to coordinate aid to Kiev. Russia has rejected any unauthorized foreign military presence in Ukraine, suggesting that Western troops would not be “peacekeepers” but rather “occupation forces” and therefore legitimate targets. A Western official told The Telegraph that NATO would face “a big problem” if either of the candidates wins the election. According to the Russian intelligence agency, while European officials continue to endorse Kyiv's accession trajectory publicly, internal deliberations flatly reject full membership, positioning the promises instead to keep Ukraine politically aligned against Moscow. GUSNOTE: THIS IS LIKELY TO BE RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION USING THE TRUTH... EU MEMBERSHIP OR NOT, UKRAINE IS BEING USED BY THE WEST AS A TESTING GROUND AGAINST RUSSIA.