NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the military alliance does not plan to send combat troops to Ukraine, following reports that some Western countries may be considering deploying troops to the war-torn country.
He reminded that the Allies from the Alliance provide unprecedented support to Ukraine, and that they have been doing so since 2014 and intensified after what he called a “full-scale invasion”.
“However, there are no plans for NATO combat troops on the ground in Ukraine,” Stoltenberg told the AP.
Ahead of a visit to Paris yesterday, where top officials from more than 20 countries discussed options for increasing aid to Ukraine, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said some countries were considering whether to enter into bilateral agreements to send troops to Ukraine to help it in its conflict with Russia.
Fico stressed that his administration is not proposing to send Slovak troops, but did not provide details on which countries are considering such agreements, or what the troops will do in Ukraine.
The Speaker of the Slovak Parliament, Peter Pelegrini, pointed out that Slovakia will not send troops to Ukraine.
