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Kremlin warns of conflict with Nato if alliance
troops fight in Ukraine
The Kremlin
has suggested that conflict between Russia and the US-led Nato military
alliance would become inevitable if European members of Nato sent troops to
fight in Ukraine, Reuters reports.
Sweden,
Poland and Czech Republic have distanced themselves from Emmanuel Macron saying
on Monday that there was “no consensus” on sending western troops to Ukraine
but “nothing should be excluded” (see post at 10am).
“The very
fact of discussing the possibility of sending certain contingents to Ukraine
from Nato countries is a very important new element,” Kremlin spokesperson
Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked about Macron’s remarks.
Asked by
reporters what the risks of a direct Russia-Nato conflict would be if Nato
members sent their troops to fight in Ukraine, Peskov said:
“In that
case, we would need to talk not about the probability, but about the
inevitability (of a direct conflict).”
French
officials have become worried there has been no single galvanising western
force responding to Vladimir Putin putting his economy on such an effective war
footing, and insufficiently clear practical responses had emerged from the
west.
Ukrainian
forces report shortages of weapons and ammunition, as a grinding stalemate
gives way to Russian gains.
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