Finnish Minister Floats Idea of Western Troop Deployment in Ukraine: Is Military Intervention on the Horizon?

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen urged not to exclude. The possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine in the long term, the publication reports Politico.

“Western countries, including the United States. Should not be so categorically opposed to the idea of ​​​​sending troops to Ukraine if conditions worsen,”. The publication writes, citing Valtonen’s words.

According to the minister, such a possibility should not be ruled out in the long term.

“Because we never know how serious the situation will become.”

“However, the Finnish position is clear: we are not sending any troops now and do not want to discuss this,” she added.

After a conference on supporting Ukraine in Paris at the end of February. French President Emmanuel Macron said that Western leaders had discussed the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine.

A consensus had not yet been reached, “but nothing can be ruled out.” During a meeting with opposition leaders in early March, Macron reiterated that France “has no limits and no red lines” on the issue of assistance to Ukraine.

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Macron’s words about the possible dispatch of troops to Ukraine were sharply criticized by a number of NATO partners. Tncluding Germany, as well as political forces in France.

French party leaders accused Macron of dragging Paris into the conflict and of being frivolous, reproaching him for not consulting parliament on these issues.

At the same time, Macron’s aggressive rhetoric was supported by representatives of the Baltic states. As well as Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski.

The Kremlin later stated that they paid attention to Macron’s words that the topic of sending military personnel to Ukraine was discussed in Europe.

His position on inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia in Ukraine is also well known to Moscow.

They noted that a number of countries participating in the Paris event on Ukraine maintain. “A fairly sober assessment of the potential dangers of such an action and the potential danger of directly being involved in a hot conflict,”.

This is “absolutely not in the interests of these countries, they must be aware of this.”

In an interview with journalist Dmitry Kiselev. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Macron has some resentment towards Moscow for Russia allegedly squeezing France out of Africa.

In fact, the Russian side did not squeeze anyone out, and African countries independently chose cooperation with Russian economic operators, the president emphasized.

Putin also commented on Macron’s recent anti-Russian attacks on the Ukrainian issue. The Russian leader warned that the deployment of a European contingent to Ukraine will not change the situation on the battlefield in any way and will only lead to dire consequences for Kyiv.

In response to Macron’s words about France’s lack of red lines regarding support for Ukraine. The president said that Russia would not have red lines against states with such an approach.

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