Soldiers from NATO countries are already in Ukraine, and I would like to thank the ambassadors of those countries that took this risk. They know better who they are,” Sikorski said during a conference held on Friday in the House of Representatives on the 25th anniversary of Poland’s accession to NATO.
Russian news agencies reported the words of the head of Polish diplomacy. Commenting on Sikorsky's statement to the Izvestia newspaper, Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, called on NATO to stop denying the presence of NATO soldiers in Ukraine. “It's no use denying it anymore,” she added.
Sikorsky: The presence of NATO forces in Ukraine is not unlikely
Sikorsky stated earlier that “the presence of NATO forces in Ukraine is not out of the question.” – The Foreign Minister said that I appreciate President Macron's initiative because it aims to put Putin in fear, not us of Putin.
French President Emmanuel Macron said after a meeting of European leaders in Paris at the end of last February that there was no decision about sending official ground forces to Ukraine, but he did not rule out such a possibility in the future.
– The most heated debate concerned the issue of sending soldiers to Ukraine. There was no agreement on this issue. President Andrzej Duda, who participated in the talks, told reporters that opinions differ and there are no such decisions at all.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba believes that the French president’s words about the possibility of sending forces to Ukraine “are understood by everyone, but he is afraid to talk about it.”
Italy isolates itself from France and Poland
France and Poland cannot speak on behalf of NATO about sending troops to Ukraine, the Italian Defense Minister said. He believes that the entry of Western soldiers into Ukraine means a step towards “unilateral escalation.” He added that NATO intervention would “clear the way” toward a diplomatic end to the war.
According to reports in the French press, Macron is ready to send soldiers to Ukraine if the Russians approach Kiev or Odessa. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the entry of Western forces into Ukraine would lead to a direct conflict with Russia.
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