NATO believes that it is too early to talk about deploying foreign troops in Ukraine. This issue is still in its early stages, according to Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee,
RBC-Ukraine reports.
When asked about foreign troops in Ukraine, the NATO general replied that it's premature, to say the least.
He said that they knew the issue of troops had been raised by individual countries, possibly on a bilateral basis, but repeated that it was still in its infancy.
The chairman of the NATO Military Committee notes that the security guarantees outlined by politicians should determine the context. For example, who decides on the ground whether there have been violations of the agreement, who develops the rules for the use of military force, whether the contingent should only observe or also defend itself, and with what weapons.
Dragone says that nothing has been decided and that, in his field, he did not even know if troops were actually available, adding that perhaps someone could consider soldiers from non-NATO countries. He stressed that everything was open, with one firm point: NATO remained committed to protecting the citizens of its member states first and foremost.
