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Sunday, 22 December
politics

Will NATO troops be sent to Ukraine: the Alliance has made a firm statement

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the Alliance has no plans to send troops to Ukraine.

This was reported by the Associated Press.

Stoltenberg said the military alliance has no plans to send troops to Ukraine despite reports that some Western countries may be considering the possibility of sending troops.

The Secretary General said that "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."

On the eve of a trip to Paris on Monday, where officials from more than 20 countries discussed options for increasing aid to Ukraine, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said that his government has no plans to offer sending Slovak soldiers, but did not provide details on which countries might consider such agreements.

Slovak Parliament Speaker Peter Pellegrini said that Slovakia would not send troops to Ukraine.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala declined to comment before leaving for Paris, saying that the leaders had met to discuss possible options, but emphasized that "the Czech Republic definitely does not want to send its soldiers to Ukraine."

French President Emmanuel Macron said that sending Western troops to Ukraine in the future should not be "ruled out".

Earlier, we reported that the West may involve third countries to supply ammunition to the AFU.