Russia warns conflict with NATO “inevitable” if troops sent to Ukraine, Kiev urges “direct support”

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said there was nothing wrong with Western efforts to prevent a Russian victory in Ukraine. Speaking a day after Macron said sending troops was not excluded, Atal said “you cannot rule out any possibility of war.” Meanwhile, Sweden’s Prime Minister said that sending troops to Ukraine is not a relevant question for NATO at this time. , Ulf Christerson stated that “French tradition is not Swedish tradition” when it comes to “engagement traditions”. The Kremlin said sending troops to Ukraine was “absolutely not in the interests of these countries.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said many countries were “quite seriously assessing the potential dangers of such actions.”