NATO Countries Dispute French President Emmanuel Macron, Claim No Western Troops Will Be Deployed in Russia/Ukraine Conflict
Shane Trejo
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NATO countries are coming out to dispute French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments that Western countries may need to send troops to continue the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
“Nothing should be ruled out,” he said. “We will do anything we can to prevent Russia from winning this war,” Macron said.
“We’re at a critical moment in this conflict that requires us to take the initiative,” he added.
Russia announced that the sending of troops by NATO countries would result in Russia declaring war on NATO, essentially starting World War 3.
“The very fact of discussing the possibility of sending certain contingents to Ukraine from Nato countries is a very important new element,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said to reporters in response to Macron’s comments.
“In that case, we would need to talk not about the probability, but about the inevitability (of a direct conflict),” he added.
Other countries in NATO were quick to disavow Macron’s comments and make it clear that they do not want to send troops into the Russia/Ukraine conflict.
“Since the Russian aggression two years ago, there has been full unity among all allies in the support for Kyiv. This support does not include the presence of troops from European or Nato states on Ukrainian territory,” said Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni.
“Beyond the small number of personnel we do have in country supporting the armed forces of Ukraine, we haven’t got any plans for large-scale deployment,” said a spokesman for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
“Once again, in a very good debate, it was discussed that what was agreed from the outset among ourselves and with each other also applies to the future, namely that there will be no ground troops, no soldiers on Ukrainian soil sent there by European countries or Nato states,” said German chancellor Olaf Scholz.
“We hear and see the news about last night’s meeting in Paris. Hungary’s stance is clear and rock-solid: we are not willing to send either weapons or troops to Ukraine,” said Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto.
NATO’s secretary general also stated that it is not in NATO’s plans to send troops to participate in the Russia/Ukraine conflict.
“Nato allies are providing unprecedented support to Ukraine. We have done that since 2014 and stepped up after the full-scale invasion. But there are no plans for Nato combat troops on the ground in Ukraine,” NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said.
Even though these NATO countries are saying they would never said troops, that could change in an instant. Even though the war effort is lost for Ukraine, they want to elongate the effort as long as possible to hurt Russia, even if it means thousands more needlessly die.
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