Possibility of Sending Military to Ukraine Considered by Some EU, NATO Countries, Slovak PM Says

© AFP 2024 NIKOLAY DOYCHINOVServicemen drive armoured vehicles as they take part in the NATO "Noble Blueprint 23" joint military exercise at the Novo Selo military ground, northwestern Bulgaria, on September 26, 2023.
Servicemen drive armoured vehicles as they take part in the NATO Noble Blueprint 23 joint military exercise at the Novo Selo military ground, northwestern Bulgaria, on September 26, 2023.  - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 26.02.2024
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BRATISLAVA (Sputnik) - In mid-January, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg characterized the current battlefield conditions in Ukraine as "extremely difficult" for Kiev.
Some EU and NATO countries are mulling over the possibility of sending their military to Ukraine on the basis of bilateral agreements, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Monday.
Later in the day, Paris will host a meeting where members of the EU and NATO will discuss the situation in Ukraine.
"For me, today's meeting [in Paris] is confirmation that the West's strategy in Ukraine has failed, but I want to be constructively prepared for it ... It follows from these arguments that a group of NATO and EU countries are considering [the option] to send their military to Ukraine on the basis of bilateral agreements," Fico told reporters after a meeting of the government and the security council.
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Possible deployment of the EU and NATO military to Ukraine will not allow them to achieve concessions from Russia, but will only lead to an escalation of the conflict, the prime minister said.
Slovakia is not planning to send its soldiers to Ukraine, Fico added.
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