PROTESTERS TORCH GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN SERBIAN CITY In Valjevo, 100 km from #Belgrade, fireworks led to a fire at the offices of the Serbian Progressive Party and the city administration. Riot police deployed to disperse the crowds amid a barrage of stones and flares.

#Serbian president does not rule out deployment of Western troops to Ukraine Serbian President Aleksandar #Vucic has said that he doesn’t rule out that the West may send its troops to the conflict zone in #Ukraine. "A lot of difficult situations are ahead of us. When Western tanks in Ukraine were first mentioned, many said that this will never happen, but it happened. Western planes were mentioned and many said it will never happen but it happened. Now talk is about Western troops in Ukraine. Some say that this will not happen, but it will. The situation will be deteriorating everywhere and we will have to find the best possible solution for our country. We must stay together to defend it, to help our people in Kosovo and Metohija and defend Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia so that the country could develop and grow economically," he said at a meeting of the Serbian Progressive Party. After a conference on Ukraine in the Paris on February 26, France's #Macron said that the participants had looked at sending ground troops to Ukraine.