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More drumbeats from NATO, this time the prime minister of NATO country Slovakia gives us a heads up. Macron's comments follow. Now we have two leaders of NATO countries talking about ground troops in Ukraine.
The prime minister of Slovakia has claimed that Nato and EU member states are preparing to deploy troops to Ukraine.
Robert Fico, a pro-Russia populist, offered no details of how Western soldiers could be sent to assist Ukraine, and commentators said he was probably just trying to stir up trouble.
He was speaking ahead of a hastily-arranged meeting of European leaders in Paris because of what his advisers say is an escalation in Russian aggression over the past few weeks.
The meeting implies that “a number of Nato and EU member states are considering that they will send their troops to Ukraine on a bilateral basis”, Mr Fico told a televised briefing following a meeting of Slovakia’s security council.
“I cannot say for what purpose and what they should be doing there,” he said, adding that Slovakia, a member of the EU and Nato, would not be sending soldiers to Ukraine.
And Macron -
Following the meeting, Mr Macron announced that a new coalition would be created to supply Ukraine with longer-range missiles and munitions, adding that not even the sending of Western ground troops to fight the Russian invasion should be ruled out.
“There is no consensus today to send ground troops... but nothing should be excluded. We will do whatever it takes to ensure that Russia cannot win this war,” Mr Macron said after the meeting in Paris.
He said the new coalition would be set up to supply “missiles and bombs of medium and long range” to Ukraine and added: “We are convinced that the defeat of Russia is indispensable to security and stability in Europe.”
The prime minister of Slovakia has claimed that Nato and EU member states are preparing to deploy troops to Ukraine.
Robert Fico, a pro-Russia populist, offered no details of how Western soldiers could be sent to assist Ukraine, and commentators said he was probably just trying to stir up trouble.
He was speaking ahead of a hastily-arranged meeting of European leaders in Paris because of what his advisers say is an escalation in Russian aggression over the past few weeks.
The meeting implies that “a number of Nato and EU member states are considering that they will send their troops to Ukraine on a bilateral basis”, Mr Fico told a televised briefing following a meeting of Slovakia’s security council.
“I cannot say for what purpose and what they should be doing there,” he said, adding that Slovakia, a member of the EU and Nato, would not be sending soldiers to Ukraine.
And Macron -
Following the meeting, Mr Macron announced that a new coalition would be created to supply Ukraine with longer-range missiles and munitions, adding that not even the sending of Western ground troops to fight the Russian invasion should be ruled out.
“There is no consensus today to send ground troops... but nothing should be excluded. We will do whatever it takes to ensure that Russia cannot win this war,” Mr Macron said after the meeting in Paris.
He said the new coalition would be set up to supply “missiles and bombs of medium and long range” to Ukraine and added: “We are convinced that the defeat of Russia is indispensable to security and stability in Europe.”
Nato and EU states 'considering sending troops to Ukraine' says Slovakian PM
The prime minister of Slovakia has claimed that Nato and EU member states are preparing to deploy troops to Ukraine.
www.telegraph.co.uk
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