Which Western Countries Are Mired in Ukraine Proxy Conflict?

Which Western Countries Are Mired in Ukraine Proxy Conflict?

Sputnik

French President Emmanuel Macron riled up his NATO allies, especially Germany, when he said in February that Western leaders had discussed sending troops to Ukraine. While no consensus had been reached, nothing could be ruled out, he added. Moscow warned that any threat from NATO would meet a response.

While Russia notches up battlefield successes in NATO’s proxy war, grinding through billions-worth of sophisticated weaponry funneled to Kiev, the West is again mulling raising the stakes.

Some NATO countries are openly discussing the possibility of sending their troops to fight in Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron was the first to let the cat out of the bag in late February. At the time, European leaders rushed to dismiss such plans. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that NATO had no intention of sending its troops to Ukraine. 

But on the 75th anniversary of the alliance, US State Department consultant Edward Luttwak weighed in on the debate. The bloc's member-states “will soon have to send soldiers to Ukraine, or else accept catastrophic defeat,” he wrote for current affairs site Unherd.

“The British and French, along with the Nordic countries, are already quietly preparing to send troops — both small elite units and logistics and support personnel — who can remain far from the front,” he wrote on April 4. He added that NATO units “could also relieve Ukrainians currently tied up in the recovery and repair of damaged equipment, and could take over the technical parts of existing training programmes for new recruits.”

In reality the presence of NATO military personnel in Ukraine has long been an open secret to the whole world. Sputnik presents some facts and figures that prove this.

Macron's words on possible sending of troops to Ukraine 'unacceptable', Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko says

"The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly commented on recent remarks by the French president about a possible sending of military personnel of the alliance's member states to the hostilities zone.

...these statements show the readiness to follow the path of escalation at a time when the West itself is suffering a strategic defeat 'on the ground.' Such 'claims,' no matter what foreign or domestic political goals they pursue, are unacceptable for responsible politicians, especially in times of the already heated military and political situation in Europe," Grushko has said.

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