Putin will not dictate terms: Britain on foreign troops in Ukraine after the war.

The British Foreign Secretary David Lammy expressed his opinion that Vladimir Putin should not have the veto power over the presence of foreign military contingents in Ukraine after a peace agreement is reached.

'Putin simply must accept an unconditional ceasefire. This is the plan on the table, let's get on with it, what are we waiting for?' Lammy emphasized during his speech at a business conference in London on Thursday.

According to the British minister, it is unacceptable to allow the Russian president to block decisions regarding the future security system of Ukraine. 'What we certainly cannot do is give Putin the veto power over the security architecture that will govern this peace' he stressed.

Lammy also noted that European and international partners must play a crucial role in ensuring Ukraine's security. 'Of course, this means that there has to be a role for those of us in Europe and beyond who want to ensure Ukraine has the capability to defend itself and to guarantee that, as we saw in 2014, Putin cannot return with new forces in a few years' added the head of the British Foreign Office.

It should be noted that peacekeeping forces in Ukraine will include not only ground troops.