China News Service, February 27 (Xinhua) According to comprehensive foreign media reports, on the 26th local time, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov said that Russia has taken note of French President Macron’s statement that relevant countries have discussed the possibility of sending armed forces to Ukraine. "Sending Western combatants to Ukraine will lead to direct military conflict between Russia and NATO."
File photo: Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov.
According to Agence France-Presse, Macron previously stated at the "International Conference on Support for Ukraine" held in Paris on the 26th that Western countries will further increase their financial and weapons support for Ukraine, but on the issue of whether to send ground troops to Ukraine " There is no consensus”.
"There was no consensus today on whether to send ground troops in an officially recognized way. But in terms of the situation (the development of things), no possibility is ruled out." Macron said.
He said he would work hard to prevent Russia from winning the conflict.
According to CNN, Macron also announced that he would form a new alliance to provide Ukraine with "medium- and long-range missiles and bombs."
Slovak Prime Minister Fizo disclosed on the 26th that according to the agenda of the day's aid meeting to Ukraine, some EU and NATO countries are preparing to study how to send their own soldiers to Ukraine on the basis of bilateral agreements.
He also said that Slovakia would not send troops to Ukraine.
In response, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov said, "Russia has taken note of French President Macron's statement that relevant countries have discussed the possibility of sending armed forces to Ukraine... If NATO sends troops to Ukraine, what will be discussed at that time is not Some possibility, but the inevitability of a direct conflict between Russia and NATO.”
Kosachev, deputy chairman of the Russian Federation Council (the upper house of parliament), also responded via social media that day, saying that if NATO sends troops to Ukraine, this can be regarded as the organization's direct participation in the war, and it can also be regarded as a declaration of war on Russia.
He said that the French president's logic is dangerous and may lead to catastrophic consequences.
NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg emphasized in an interview with the Associated Press that "NATO allies are providing unprecedented support to Ukraine. However, there are no plans to deploy NATO combat forces in Ukraine."