The North Atlantic Alliance is not going to train servicemen on the territory of Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said as he attended the NATO parliamentary assembly.
“We have no plans to start military training on the territory of Ukraine,” Jens Stoltenberg said.
At the same time, he confirmed that the “new framework” within NATO, which is planned to be agreed in Washington, will allow for more effective assistance to Ukraine, including in the training of military personnel.
At the same time, Stoltenberg emphasised that the alliance still seeks to avoid a direct clash with Russia over Ukraine, this remains the bloc’s main task.
“We still have two main tasks… First is to provide assistance to Ukraine – something we are doing and should do more of… The other task is to prevent the conflict from escalating, from spreading to other territories outside Ukraine, from escalating into a full-scale NATO war with Russia in Europe. NATO will not be a party to the conflict in Ukraine, NATO forces will not be on the ground,” the Alliance Secretary General added.
We will remind, earlier the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitriy Medvedev commented on the statements of Western countries about the creation of a NATO mission in Ukraine. The politician suggested that Russian Armed Forces soldiers should be given a maximum bonus for each NATO soldier killed in a special operation zone.