Scholz: NATO and EU countries will not send their ground troops to Ukraine. Earlier, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also said that the alliance has no plans to send troops.

French President Emmanuel Macron said the possibility of sending Western troops to the Ukraine cannot be ruled out. The Kremlin then recalled that if Western troops were sent to Ukraine, a direct military conflict between NATO and Russia would be inevitable. The German Chancellor said that there will be no ground forces or soldiers sent there by European states or NATO countries on Ukrainian soil.