French President Macron left alone after Confirming that Germany and Poland are not sending troops to Ukraine
Germany and Poland are not sending troops to Ukraine ,affirmed on Tuesday.
European military giants confirmed on Tuesday that, Germany and Poland are not sending troops to Ukraine, despite suggestions that some Western countries may be considering doing so as the war with Russia approaches its third year.
The chairman of NATO also stated that the US-led military alliance has no intentions to send troops to Ukraine, after other central European countries indicated that they, too, would not be sending forces.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin warned that sending combat forces would almost certainly result in a direct conflict between NATO and Russia. “In this case, we need to talk not about probability, but about the inevitability” of confrontation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.
Moscow’s warning comes a day after French President Emmanuel Macron suggested that sending in Western ground soldiers should not be “ruled out” in the future, following a gathering of top officials from more than 20 of Ukraine’s Western allies.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz appears to have a different perspective on what transpired in Paris. He stated that the attendees had agreed that “there will be no ground troops, no soldiers on Ukrainian soil sent there by European states or NATO.”
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Scholz said there was also consensus “that soldiers operating in our countries also are not participating actively in the war themselves.”
The concept of sending soldiers has been taboo, especially as NATO attempts to avoid getting drawn into a larger conflict with nuclear-armed Russia. Nothing stops NATO members from participating in such an endeavor individually or in groups; but, the organization would only participate if all 31 members agreed.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told the Associated Press, “NATO allies are providing unprecedented support to Ukraine.” We’ve been doing this since 2014, and we increased our efforts following the full-scale invasion. However, there are no intentions to station NATO combat troops in Ukraine.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated at a meeting in Prague on Tuesday that “Poland does not plan to send its troops to Ukraine.” Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala emphasized that his country “certainly doesn’t want to send its soldiers.”
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has stated that his government does not intend to propose a deployment, but that some countries are considering bilateral agreements to contribute troops to help Ukraine fend off the Russian invasion.
