Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Monday stated that some nations that belong to NATO and the European Union are thinking about sending out soldiers to Ukraine on a bilateral basis.
Fico has actually long opposed providing military help to the nation that has actually been associated with war going on for 2 years now.
“I will restrict myself to state that these theses (in preparation for the Paris conference) suggest a variety of NATO and EU member states are thinking about that they will send their soldiers to Ukraine on a bilateral basis,” he stated prior to a conference with European leaders in Paris on Monday, according to Reuters.
“I can not state for what function and what they must be doing there,” he included, likewise stating that Slovakia would not be sending out soldiers to Ukraine.
NATO did not react to an ask for remark from the outlet’s reporting on the occasions.
When inquired about the claim made by Rico, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala stated, “The Czech Republic definitely is not preparing to send out any soldiers to Ukraine, no one needs to fret about that.”
The Slovak PM included that he saw threats of a big escalation of the dispute, however he might not expose anymore info.
Around 20 leaders from Europe will collect later Monday to send out a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a message of allyship with Ukraine in the war. They are likewise countering the message that Russia might still win the war versus the other nation.
Fico stated that the calling of the conference is just an indication that the West’s technique to assist Ukraine in the war has actually stopped working.