Foreign Ministry: NATO should turn on the instinct of self-preservation in the issue of sending troops to Kyiv. According to the diplomat, if Western troops appear in Ukraine, the risk of direct armed confrontation between NATO and Russia will increase many times over.

Earlier, the US State Department stated that Ukraine could join NATO only after the conflict. Also, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the Issue of increasing the supply of ammunition, drones and air defense systems to Ukraine.