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Home Front: Politix
State Department consultant reveals NATO preparations to send troops to Ukraine
2024-04-05
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Britain, France and the Nordic states are secretly preparing to send troops to the conflict zone in Ukraine. US State Department consultant Edward Luttwak wrote about this on April 4in an article for the UnHerd portal.

According to him, the alliance countries will soon have to send troops to the territory of Ukraine or accept the catastrophic defeat of Kyiv in the conflict with Russia.

“The British and French, along with the Nordic countries, are already quietly preparing to send troops - both small elite units and logistics and support personnel - who can remain away from the front lines,” he said.

The State Department consultant noted that NATO countries, given the lack of military personnel, will have to send troops to Ukraine soon, and otherwise the bloc will have to accept a “catastrophic defeat.”

As Regnum reported, at the end of February, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that Western leaders were discussing the possible dispatch of troops to Ukraine. After these words, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the heads of several European countries denied the existence of such plans.

The American Conservative magazine wrote on March 11 that the West risks entering into a military conflict with Russia if it sends troops to Ukraine. On March 22, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban did not rule out the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine within two or three months.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken indicated on April 2 that Washington is against sending ground troops to the conflict zone in Ukraine. According to him, this scenario could bring a direct conflict with Russia closer.

Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said on April 4 that Russia does not intend to enter into a military conflict with NATO or its member countries. At the same time, he clarified that the situation in relations between Russia and NATO is predictable and is deliberately worsened by the alliance.

Posted by:badanov

#9  US troops in Moldova in emerging Plan B for Ukraine
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2024-04-05 13:58  

#8  Don't we have enough trouble here at home without going around the world looking for more?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2024-04-05 13:50  

#7  what does the US know about ultra-light drone warfare?

Nothing like a little dust up to get some first-hand experience.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2024-04-05 13:46  

#6  /\ Preparation of public perception.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-04-05 11:23  

#5  Luttwak is an actual knowledgeable consultant and author. The question is why is he saying this now.
Posted by: Clem+Elmish4239   2024-04-05 10:23  

#4  Well that's the question, other than fighting hill goobers - and eventually losing - Afghanistan and 20 community hours of pronoun identification, what does the US know about ultra-light drone warfare?

MFs go out there like its still the age of Pepperdogs and get whomped, just like that first wave of crusaders did, podcasting how the MREs weren't up to snuff.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-04-05 10:04  

#3  ^I mean (remember reading it somewhere) American envolvement in Vietnam started with instructors.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-04-05 07:39  

#2  More like Afghanistan.
Posted by: Mullah Richard OTR   2024-04-05 07:33  

#1  Shades of Vietnam?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-04-05 03:18  

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