Zelensky Raises Prospect of European Peacekeepers in Ukraine NYT | Top Stories By: Jenny Gross and Constant Méheut 20 December 2024 at 01:16 But many European leaders say that with no sign that Russia is interested in peace, it is too early to discuss the presence of peacekeeping forces. © Mauricio Lima for The New York TimesA destroyed Ukrainian tank hit by a Russian drone last May remained in pieces alongside the road between villages not far from the front line in the Kharkiv region, in northern Ukraine, this month.