Ukraine has demanded security guarantees with the assistance of foreign troops to stop Russia from renewing attacks. Putin refuted the very idea of Western peacekeepers on Friday, saying that any resolution must be able to keep Russia and its neighbor in peace. He told reporters that: We would consider it a threat to us – the presence of international forces, or any foreign forces, or NATO forces on Ukrainian territory, anywhere along our border. In the frenzy of diplomacy of recent months, Western leaders have levelled charges of Putin buying time as his troops grind on the eastern Ukrainian front. The rejection of Western offers on peacekeeping by Putin indicates the underlying differences that do not allow for any serious negotiations on the peace.