Kremlin Warns Of Conflict After NATO-Allied Leaders Say Alliance Considering Sending Soldiers Into Ukraine

A White House official, as well as NATO-Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the United States and NATO have no plans to send troops into Ukraine to fight.

EUROPE - After multiple members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) divulged that a number of the EU and NATO member states are considering sending troops into Ukraine, the Kremlin responding by warning that conflict between Russia and NATO would be inevitable if the alliance sends troops into the country. 

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"The very fact of discussing the possibility of sending certain contingents to Ukraine from NATO countries is a very important new element," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters after French President Emmanuel Macron said that nothing could be ruled out, in regards to sending ground troops into Ukraine, and added that "We will do everything that we must so that Russia does not win". 

“In this case, we need to talk not about the likelihood, but about the  inevitability [of conflict]. That’s how we evaluate it,” Peskov said. 

“These countries must also evaluate and be aware of this, asking themselves whether this corresponds to their interests, as well as the interests of the citizens of their countries,” he added. 

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