Kremlin: European troops in Ukraine means conflict with NATO

A conflict between Russia and NATO becomes inevitable if European NATO countries decide to send troops to Ukraine. With this warning, the Kremlin responded to statements by French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday.

According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, there is no need to talk "about the probability, but about the inevitability" of a direct confrontation. He also said that sending troops is "absolutely not in the interests of these countries." “They should be aware of that.”

French President Macron said on Monday that he would not rule out sending soldiers to Ukraine. He added that there is currently no agreement on this. Several European countries said on Tuesday that they were not considering such a far-reaching measure.