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Some NATO countries they may consider deploying their troops on the territory of Ukraine if significant security guarantees are not provided to Kyiv by Alliance members, including the United States of America, at the Vilnius summit. This was stated by former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, his remarks are quoted by The Guardian on June 7.
As reported, Rasmussen visited a number of European countries and Washington to assess the current mood ahead of the upcoming NATO Summit, which will be held on July 11-12 in Lithuania.
According to Rasmussen, “if NATO cannot reach a clear agreement on Ukraine's prospects in the Alliance, there is a real possibility that some countries may take their own measures.”
He did not rule out the active participation of Poland in such actions at the national level, Warsaw would be followed by the Baltic countries, “possibly including the possibility of bringing troops. “
Rasmussen believes that the Poles will seriously consider forming a coalition of supporting countries if Ukraine does not achieve significant results at the Vilnius summit. He notes that the Poles feel that Western Europe has long ignored their warnings about Russian influence.
Former NATO Secretary General believes Ukraine's request for military aid would be perfectly legal.
Rasmussen pointed out that Ukraine needs written security guarantees, preferably before the summit, but outside of NATO .
In his view, these guarantees should include intelligence sharing, joint training, increased production of military supplies, interoperability with NATO, and a stockpile of weapons sufficient to contain Russia.
However. Rasmussen warns that security guarantees for Ukraine will not be sufficient.