President Trump on Tuesday offered his assurances that U.S. boots would not be on the ground to defend the Ukraine-Russia border as part of any security assurances for Kyiv to end the war.

"What kind of assurances do you feel like you have that going forward, and past this Trump administration, it won't be American boots on the ground defending that border?" "Fox & Friends" co-host Charles Hurt asked Trump during a phone interview.

“Well, you have my assurance — and I’m president. I’m just trying to stop people from being killed,” Trump responded.

The president earlier in the interview had indicated European nations may put boots on the ground. It’s unclear if Russia would agree to that as part of any peace agreement.

“We’ve got the European nations, and they’ll front load it, and they

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