▲ US President Joe Biden (left) and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg
The United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) insisted on not providing combat troops to Ukraine, which was invaded by Russia yesterday (24th).
U.S. President Joe Biden has said that there is no plan to send U.S. troops to Russia when plans for a Russian invasion emerged at the end of last year, and he reconfirmed this yesterday.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg also said at a press conference that there are no NATO troops in Ukraine and there are no plans to send more troops.
Early this morning, the second day of the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lamented in a video speech, "We are left alone and defending the country. Who is ready to fight Russia with us? No one is visible."
He criticized the West's passive attitude, saying, "Who will guarantee Ukraine membership in NATO? Everyone is afraid." "Russia has made me the 'target number 1' and my family the 'target number 2', but my country I will not leave," he said.
President Zelensky switched to a wartime system last night by issuing a national mobilization order in which all conscripts and reserve forces in Ukraine were convened and even private property could be requisitioned.
"Today we lost 137 soldiers and civilians, 316 wounded," Zelensky said. "Russia is killing people and turning a peaceful city into a military target. It's cruel and will never be forgiven."
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