German Chancellor: There will be no EU/NATO ground troops in Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed in a Feb. 27 X post that Western countries discussed the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine during the Paris conference, but ultimately decided against it.

"We agreed that everyone must do more for Ukraine in Paris yesterday,” he wrote.

“Ukraine needs weapons, ammunition and air defense. We are working on it. It is clear: there will be no ground troops from European countries or NATO. That applies."

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Several NATO and EU member states are considering the possibility of deploying their troops to Ukraine as part of bilateral agreements, said Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico ahead of European leaders summit hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Feb. 26 to bolster Western support for Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined the meeting online.

After the summit, Macron said he would not rule out sending Western troops to Ukraine to help in the war against Russia, adding that there was no agreement on the issue at the moment.

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French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal supported Macron’s statement, adding that his country could not be able to accept a situation in which Russia wins the war.

Polish President Andrzej Duda also confirmed that European leaders and government representatives were actively discussing the idea of sending troops to Ukraine, but found little support or enthusiasm for the proposal.

On Feb. 27, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told the Associated Press that the Alliance had no plans to deploy its military forces in Ukraine.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson also called the issue of sending troops to Ukraine “irrelevant”.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov threatened a direct conflict between Russia and NATO if Western countries decide to send their military into Ukraine.

Earlier, El Mundo reported that Macron urged European leaders to take Moscow’s recent actions and signals seriously and prepare for a possible Russian attack on NATO states in the next few years.

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