The Kremlin warned on Tuesday that if European NATO members send troops to fight in Ukraine, a conflict between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance will become inevitable, Reuters reports.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday opened the door for European countries to send troops to Ukraine, although he warned there was currently no consensus, while allies agreed to step up efforts to deliver more ammunition to Kyiv.
“The fact that the possibility of sending certain contingents from NATO countries to Ukraine is being discussed is a very important new element,” Kremlin press secretary Dmytro Peskov said.
Responding to journalists’ questions about the risks of a direct Russia-NATO conflict if NATO members send their troops to fight in Ukraine, Peskov said: “In this case, we should talk not about the probability, but about the inevitability (of direct conflict).
Several NATO and European Union member states are considering the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine as part of bilateral agreements, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said earlier, Reuters reports. He stated that Slovakia will not do this.
The Czech Republic and Poland are also not considering sending troops to Ukraine, the prime ministers of the two countries said on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
A White House official told Reuters that the United States has no plans to send troops to fight in Ukraine, nor does it plan to send NATO troops to fight in Ukraine.
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Source: Hot News
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