The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Radosław Sikorski, said that “NATO servicemen are already present in Ukraine”, reports Sky News.

Radoslav Sikorskyi, who spoke during the conference, did not say which countries were in question.

“I would like to thank the ambassadors of those countries who took this risk. These countries know who they are, but I cannot reveal them. Unlike other politicians, I will not list these countries,” he said.

As the cited source notes, it is unclear in what capacity the soldiers are being used.

Sikorsky’s statement came after German military officials suggested that British military personnel were already in Ukraine in a conversation that was leaked to the media.

Britain previously said it had sent small units to the country to help with medical training, but did not foresee a large-scale deployment.

Russia has warned of the inevitability of a direct conflict between itself and NATO in the event of the introduction of foreign troops into Ukraine.

It will be recalled that French President Emmanuel Macron, after holding a conference in Paris, said that “tonight there was no agreement on the official dispatch of troops to the ground, but we cannot rule anything out.”

Later, he stated that “every word he says about the war in Ukraine is “weighted” and “measured.”

“All allied states are present in Ukraine.”

Sikorsky’s statement would confirm information whose sources Le Monde had already mentioned. In an article dated March 1, Le Monde noted that Emmanuel Macron’s statements about the possible “official” deployment of troops in Ukraine showed that there are already representatives of various Western services on Ukrainian soil.

The fact that the head of state bothered to clarify that the conversation was only about the introduction of troops “officially, predictably and approved”, also implicitly opened the veil over the fact that there are already professionals from various Western services on Ukrainian soil.

“The actions of these services are by their very nature secret and therefore outside the rules of war,” Vincent Crouset, a former DGSE (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure) officer in France’s foreign intelligence, told Le Monde.

“All allied states are present in Ukraine. These are not combat units, but they are, for example, representatives of all special services,” a Ukrainian diplomatic source testified.

Jens Stoltenberg denies that NATO plans to send troops to Ukraine

NATO head Jens Stoltenberg on Monday distanced himself from French President Emmanuel Macron’s statement that Western allies should not rule out the deployment of troops in Ukraine, Reuters reports.

“NATO has no intention of sending troops to Ukraine, and NATO is not a party to the conflict, nor is it an ally of NATO,” NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg said in an interview with Reuters.

Stoltenberg noted that if NATO countries send troops to Ukraine, it will affect the entire alliance, as its members are bound by the collective defense pact.

Asked if Macron had made a mistake in speaking of “strategic ambiguity” over the possible deployment of Western troops in Ukraine, Stoltenberg said: “I think it is important to consult and have a common approach to these important topics because they are important to all of us.” .”