The Kremlin warned of a conflict with NATO if the Alliance troops are fighting in Ukraine

According to the Kremlin speaker, some alliance member countries "retain a sufficiently sober assessment of potential dangers" of such a clash. At the same time, the position of President Emmanuel Macron Moscow is known. On February 26, French President Emmanuel Macron said the possibility of sending NATO troops to Ukraine.

Commenting on the words of the French leader, the Presidential President Dmitry Peskov said that a direct armed conflict between the Russian Federation and the NATO bloc would become inevitable if the Alliance's military appears in Ukraine.

"In this case, it is not necessary to talk about the probability, but about the inevitability, that's how he said in response to the question how the Kremlin assesses the risks of escalation and the likelihood of direct conflict between NATO and the Russian Federation in the case "," Peskov said.

According to the Kremlin speaker, the very fact of discussing the possibility of sending a contingent of the North Atlantic Alliance to Ukraine is some new element, since the rest of the Macron theses, one way or another, was already voiced. Defeat… We drew attention to the fact that here is the topic of sending the military to Ukraine, ”the pressecretar said.

At the same time, Peskov said, other alliance member countries" keep a sufficiently sober assessment of the potential dangers in their interests. Recall that on February 26 in Paris, at the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron, a conference was held in support of Ukraine.