French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview published Saturday evening that Western ground operations in Ukraine might be necessary “at some point”, days after meeting with German and Polish leaders.
French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview published Saturday evening that Western ground operations in Ukraine might be necessary “at some point”, days after meeting with German and Polish leaders.
Can a NATO country put boots on the ground without triggering article 5? Even back line support would be extremely helpful. I mean, if putin pushes the nuke button there won’t be a Russia anymore.
Article 5 is only triggered when a NATO country is attacked in their territory, so no.
The problem is that Russia might interpret it as NATO officially entering the conflict and react accordingly.
In which case all of NATO would be drawn into the conflict. Something Russia probably wants even less.
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