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Ukraine Says Too Soon to Talk Peacekeeper Numbers

Service members of pro-Russian troops drive an armoured vehicle along a street past a destroyed residential building during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the town of Popasna in the Luhansk Region, Ukraine May 26, 2022. The writing on the vehicle reads: "Valkyrie". (Reuters)
Service members of pro-Russian troops drive an armoured vehicle along a street past a destroyed residential building during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the town of Popasna in the Luhansk Region, Ukraine May 26, 2022. The writing on the vehicle reads: "Valkyrie". (Reuters)
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Ukraine Says Too Soon to Talk Peacekeeper Numbers

Service members of pro-Russian troops drive an armoured vehicle along a street past a destroyed residential building during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the town of Popasna in the Luhansk Region, Ukraine May 26, 2022. The writing on the vehicle reads: "Valkyrie". (Reuters)
Service members of pro-Russian troops drive an armoured vehicle along a street past a destroyed residential building during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the town of Popasna in the Luhansk Region, Ukraine May 26, 2022. The writing on the vehicle reads: "Valkyrie". (Reuters)

The Ukrainian government's talks with its partners on possible foreign military contingents in Ukraine are in their "very early stages", and it is too soon to talk specific numbers, a spokesman for Kyiv's foreign ministry said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

"Yes, the discussion is ongoing about...the military contingents of foreign powers, foreign nations that can be potentially deployed to Ukraine," Heorhii Tykhyi told reporters in Kyiv.

"This discussion is in its very early stages."

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UK Lifts Sanctions against Syria's Defense Ministry, Intelligence Agencies

The Union Jack flag is flown outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson/File Photo
The Union Jack flag is flown outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson/File Photo
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UK Lifts Sanctions against Syria's Defense Ministry, Intelligence Agencies

The Union Jack flag is flown outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson/File Photo
The Union Jack flag is flown outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson/File Photo

Britain on Thursday lifted assets freezes on Syria's defense and interior ministries, and a range of intelligence agencies, reversing sanctions imposed during Bashar al-Assad's presidency.
The West is rethinking its approach to Syria after insurgent forces led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ousted Assad as president in December after more than 13 years of civil war, Reuters reported.
A notice posted online by the British finance ministry said the Syrian Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Defense and General Intelligence Directorate were among 12 entities no longer subject to an asset freeze.
The notice did not set out reasons for the de-listing.
In March, the government unfroze the assets of Syria's central bank and 23 other entities including banks and oil companies.
The British government has previously stressed that sanctions on members of the Assad regime would remain in place.