What is the difference between UN "peacekeeping" forces and NATO ?

[kentuck]

Why cannot UN peacekeeping forces act as a buffer in Ukraine?

As a permanent member, would Russia have the right to veto it?

Could the UN make an exemption to the rule when a member nation goes off the rail? Could that nation be expelled from the UN if they failed to go along with the rest of the world?

It is becoming a desperate situation in Ukraine. If they cannot use air support to diminish the threat and they cannot go into the country because they are not a member of NATO, then what other options do they have?

[EarlG]

1. Unfortunately...

"The UN can only deploy military personnel when there is a UN Security Council resolution authorizing them to do so."

https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/military

A ‘no’ vote from any one of the five permanent members of the Council stops action on any measure put before it. The body’s permanent members are: China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/02/1112802

Need to solve that problem first...

[kentuck]

2. That is definitely a problem.

It is very similar to America's "Trump" problem, in many ways. They see the crime and can do nothing about it.

A certain recipe for disaster.

[gab13by13]

3. Pretty darned good analogy.

[kentuck]

4. Putin needs an "out".

They might negotiate an agreement to permit UN forces in Ukraine?

[Ferrets are Cool]

5. Hard for me to agree with that analogy...

"can" being the objective word. "They" can do something about tfg, but evidently refuse to do so.