Canada: We are ready to send military forces to Ukraine

reported by Mehr News Agency According to Kyiv Independent, Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair announced that Ottawa is ready to send a limited number of military forces to Ukraine, but the main task of these forces is to train Ukrainian soldiers and not to participate in the fronts. Battle.

On Wednesday, the Financial Times, quoting “an informed European defense official”, announced the recent statements of French President Emmanuel Macron about the possible deployment of Western forces in Ukraine with the aim of It was a deterrence and ambiguity strategy against Russia, and everyone knows that western special forces are now present in Ukraine.

This European defense official, whose name was not mentioned by the Financial Times, said: Everyone knows that Western special forces are present in Ukraine, but so far they have officially They have not confirmed.”

German Chancellor Olaf Schultz announced on Tuesday that neither NATO countries nor EU countries will send their ground forces to Ukraine. Earlier, the 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 denied reports that NATO plans to send military personnel to Ukraine. In an interview with the Associated Press, NATO Secretary General said: NATO is supporting 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