“The President has made it clear that he does not plan to send troops to Ukraine to participate in military operations,” Austin was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti.
Earlier, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, said that the US does not have a permanent military contingent in Ukraine, only a small group of instructors.
Prior to this, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he considers the informational escalation of the situation around the “Russian threat” near the borders of Ukraine a mistake.