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.

  • @Pilferjinx@lemmy.world
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    41 year ago

    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.

    • poVoqM
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      111 year ago

      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.