a minute agoStoltenberg: NATO won't send war troops to Ukraine if Russia invades
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Secretary - General NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, reiterated on Sunday that NATO would not send troops to Ukraine if Russia invaded. We're focusing on providing support. There's a difference between being a member NATO and being a strong and highly regarded partner as Ukraine. Not [...]
We're focusing on providing support. There's a difference between being a member NATO and being a strong and highly regarded partner as Ukraine. There is no doubt about that,” he said in an interview for the BBC.
Until United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Liz Trus told Sky News her country would seek to strengthen sanctions on Vladimir Putin, so that there will be no place for its oligarchs to hide.
Truss said it was a very impossible “to have British troops involved if there was a war for Ukraine, writes Dw.
This is about ensuring that Ukrainian forces have all the support we can give them,” said Truss.
CNN reports United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak this week. On Sunday, Johnson said the potential for Russian military action in Ukraine is “and the most disturbing”.
Russia has sent over 100,000 troops to the Ukrainian borders, and in recent days has drawn blood supplies closer to what could evolve on the front line.
However, Russia's national security adviser, Nikolai Pattrusev, said that conversations for war with Ukraine consisted of “self-serviceing”> of the West.
