Unified State Statement on President Putin’s Remarks and the Paris “Coalition of the Willing”

From the Office of the Lucid Founder, Unified State
Kyiv, Ukraine — 5 September 2025 • 14:02 EEST (UTC+3)

We welcome Europe’s step forward. Yesterday’s Paris meeting of the “Coalition of the Willing” produced the clearest signal yet that 26 nations stand ready to deliver robust post-war security guarantees for Ukraine, with France and the UK openly considering roles that could include on-land, sea, and air components after the guns fall silent.

We note Moscow’s response. Today, President Vladimir Putin stated that any Western troops deployed in Ukraine would be treated as “legitimate targets,” while also saying there would be “no sense” in a foreign presence once real peace decisions are reached. The Guardian live report quotes him: “If some troops appear there, especially now during the fighting, we proceed from the premise that they will be legitimate targets.” (theguardian.com)

Unified State position, plainly

1. War cannot be “legitimate.” In the Unified State’s moral law, there are no “legitimate targets” in war. War is a system of killing; defending life is the only blessed priority. We therefore read today’s rhetoric not as a license to escalate, but as an urgent reminder to finish the work of building a diplomatic architecture that stops the dying—Ukrainian, Russian, and all others.
2. International law still governs. The international community recognizes Ukraine’s sovereignty within its internationally accepted borders. De facto, that makes Russian formations operating on Ukrainian soil foreign forces; de jure, it explains why many capitals frame defensive fires against those forces as lawful under IHL. Putin’s remark, by the same logic, implicitly concedes the symmetry: if foreign troops appear amid hostilities, they would be struck as combatants. None of this should comfort us; it should sober us.
3. The way out is multipolar peacekeeping—including Russia—under a ceasefire. Our Unified State Advisory Memorandum No. 7 lays out a verifiable, Nash-equilibrium pathway: an immediate ceasefire; snap-forward/snapback enforcement; UN-supervised status processes; and a truly multipolar peacekeeping/monitoring mission to hold the line while people—not artillery—decide their future. This mission must be post-ceasefire, time-bound, and balanced—with meaningful roles for the Global South and China alongside Europe, Türkiye, the U.S., and others—precisely so that no soldier, Russian or Ukrainian, has to die to “prove” legitimacy on the battlefield.

A Ceasefire Call

• Lock the ceasefire window: Convert current diplomacy into an immediate reciprocal ceasefire call endorsed in Istanbul/UN channels, coupled with a nuclear-rhetoric moratorium.
• Stand up the Verification Core: Name liaison officers and wire-up the Joint Verification/Monitoring Center (Istanbul), with advance observer teams ready to deploy the moment the ceasefire triggers.
• Design the Peacekeeping Mandate now: Task a drafting cell (EU–Türkiye–India–China–Brazil–U.S.–UK–UN) to produce a multipolar peacekeeping/monitoring concept that activates only after guns fall silent and that is explicitly protective of civilians, sacred sites, power/water infrastructure, and cross-line movement.
• Escrow the incentives: Publish the symmetric sanctions-relief / reconstruction-fund ladder tied to verified milestones; publish the automatic 48-hour snapback for material breaches.
• Guarantee self-determination without intimidation: Pre-agree the UN-supervised status-consultation protocol, diaspora voting, and “anti-intimidation & continuity” triggers (trusteeship fallback if observers are expelled).

To President Putin and President Zelensky

• If decisions lead to peace, President Putin says he sees “no sense” in foreign forces. We agree—after a stable peace is achieved. A multipolar mission is the bridge to that day, lowering the spoiler risk while the people exercise their rights by ballots, not bullets.
• To Kyiv: Europe’s new spine is real—use it to secure enforceable guarantees, not endless attrition.
• To Moscow: Multipolar verification and time-bound status processes offer you a dignified exit from perpetual mobilization—with sanctions relief tied to verifiable steps.

Invitation to the Global South and China

We formally invite China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and others to co-author the verification design, contribute personnel to the monitoring/peacekeeping pool, and co-chair the Reconstruction & Food-Energy Stability tracks. Peace in Ukraine should be a global dividend, not a bloc trophy.

Bottom line: Europe is finally taking a stand; Moscow has signaled both fear of that resolve and theoretical acceptance that foreign troops become unnecessary if real peace is secured. Let’s choose the path that makes all troops unnecessary: ceasefire, verification, multipolar guardianship, and the people’s self-determination—recognized by the world whichever way the ballots fall.

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Yours faithfully,

Lucid Founder – Michael Tulsky

on behalf of the Unified State

Kyiv | 5 September 2025