Russia: NATO’s presence in Ukraine cannot be hidden

Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, commented on the statements of Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski about the presence of military personnel of NATO member states in Ukraine on Sunday.

Zakharova said in a statement to the Sputnik news agency regarding Sikorsky’s statements: “They (the West) can no longer hide the presence of NATO military personnel in Ukraine.”

Polish Foreign Minister revealed earlier that a group of NATO countries have already sent their military forces to Ukraine and NATO soldiers were already there.

The Polish minister explained that he does not disclose the countries that have sent their military forces there. Sikorsky previously said that sending troops to Ukraine is not unlikely, and he also expressed his agreement with French President Emmanuel Macron’s idea to send NATO troops to Ukraine.

On February 26, Macron, speaking during a meeting in Paris attended by representatives of about 20 Western countries to discuss further support for Ukraine, said: “The issue of sending Western troops to Ukraine in this The meeting was discussed.

According to the French president, the participants of this meeting did not reach a consensus on this issue, but this scenario cannot be ruled out in the future. On the other hand, Dmitri Peskov, the press spokesman of the Russian president, said about the statements of the French president that if Western forces are sent to Ukraine, a direct military conflict between NATO and Russia will be inevitable.