Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski revealed on Sunday that military personnel from NATO countries are already present in Ukraine without specifying their countries.

The minister indicated during a conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Poland’s membership in NATO that NATO military personnel are already present in Ukraine. He thanked the countries that took this step.

Sikorsky did not clarify the nature of the mission of the military personnel, their number, and which countries they came from.

For his part, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosniak-Kamisz announced that his country does not intend to send troops to Ukraine. He continued: "We will help and support. We will transfer weapons. This is actually a lot. We will support all initiatives that serve Poland's security."

Russia responds

On the other hand, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on the statement of Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski about the current presence of military personnel from NATO countries in Ukraine.

Zakharova said: “They can’t cover this up anymore.”

The idea of ​​sending NATO members to fight in Ukraine is gradually growing among Europeans

On February 26, French President Emmanuel Macron, commenting on a meeting held in Paris in which representatives of about 20 Western countries participated to discuss providing further support to Ukraine, said that the issue of sending Western forces to Ukraine had been discussed during the meeting.

According to the French President, the participants in the meeting did not reach a consensus on this issue, but this scenario cannot be ruled out in the future.

After the conference, representatives of the majority of participating countries stated that they did not plan to send troops to Ukraine, and opposed participation in hostilities against Russia.

It is inevitable

Commenting on the French President's statements, the Russian President's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, confirmed that if Western forces were sent to Ukraine, a direct military conflict between NATO and the Russian Federation would be inevitable.

He added that NATO countries must be aware of this and “ask themselves whether this is in their interest, and more importantly, in the interest of the citizens of their countries.”