Kremlin says sending NATO-member troops to Ukraine would mean Russia-NATO conflict
TOPSHOT – Pedestrians walk past a New Year decoration stylised as the “Kremlin Star”, bearing a Z letter, a tactical insignia of Russian troops in Ukraine, in Moscow on January 02, 2023. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Kremlin on Tuesday warned that if European members of NATO sent troops to fight in Ukraine then it would make a conflict between Russia and NATO inevitable.
French President Emmanuel Macron opened the door on Monday to European nations sending troops to Ukraine, although he cautioned that there was no consensus at this stage as allies agreed to ramp up efforts to deliver more munitions to Kyiv.
Asked about Macron’s remarks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that if it came to pass that NATO member troops did fight in Ukraine than talk would have to change to the inevitability of a NATO-Russia conflict.
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Russia says its forces are stopping Ukrainians from crossing Dnieper river
Russia’s Defense Ministry reportedly said on Tuesday that its forces were preventing Ukrainian forces from crossing the Dnieper river to reach the Russian-occupied left bank.
Russian state news agency Tass reported a statement from the ministry that said it had destroyed Ukrainian forces’ armored vehicles, observation posts and positions on the right bank of the Dnieper, from which Ukrainian forces were launching attempts to cross the river over to the Russian-occupied bank and the village of Krynky, which Russia claimed to have recaptured from Ukraine last week.
Ukrainian servicemen board a boat on the shore of the Dnipro river at the front line near Kherson, Ukraine, on Oct. 15, 2023.
Mstyslav Chernov | AP
“Russian military personnel, UAV [unmanned aerial vehicles] operators reveal the location of the equipment and weapons of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the…
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