Neither NATO nor the European Union is sending ground troops to Ukraine

report Mehr News Agency quoted by Sputnik, German Chancellor Olaf Schultz said on Tuesday that neither NATO countries nor European Union countries will send their ground forces to Ukraine.

Before this, NATO Secretary General rejected the possibility of sending military forces to Ukraine by the countries of this alliance. The Secretary General of NATO said that the alliance has no plans to send military forces to Ukraine.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday denied reports that NATO plans to send military personnel to Ukraine.

The Secretary General of NATO said in an interview with the Associated Press: NATO supports Ukraine in an unprecedented way. We have been doing this since 2014 and after the (Russian) attack, we increased it. But there is no plan to send NATO combat troops to Ukraine.

Before this, French President Emmanuel Macron emphasized that European leaders discussed the possibility of sending military forces to Ukraine, but there is still no consensus.

A few hours ago, Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of the Russian presidency, announced that if Western forces are sent to Ukraine, a direct conflict between NATO and Russia will not be a possibility but inevitable. was.

Also, EU ministers announced the approval of the 13th package of sanctions against Russia, within the framework of which restrictive measures were applied against 106 natural persons and 88 legal entities.

The statement issued by the Council said: “The Council of the European Union decided to take restrictive measures against 106 individuals and 88 other entities responsible for the actions that It undermines or threatens the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

According to this statement, the EU blacklist for Russia now includes more than two thousand people and companies. This document shows that the list of sanctions includes companies from China, Sri Lanka, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Thailand and Turkey, which, according to the European Union, circumvent restrictive measures against Russia.

As ​​part of the 13th package of sanctions, the European Union has imposed restrictive measures against 27 companies from Russia and seven other countries (India, China, Sri Lanka, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Turkey) accused of supporting Russian defense industries and applied export restrictions.

Also, four companies from China and one company from Kazakhstan, India, Serbia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Turkey were sanctioned for supplying electronic components to the Russian military-industrial complex.

North Korean Defense Minister Kang Sun Nam is also among the sanctioned persons.