European nations are increasingly concerned about potential significant gains by Russia in Ukraine. According to reports, several NATO members are prepared to deploy troops to Ukraine if Russia achieves a breakthrough in its latest offensive in the east of the country.
The German newspaper Der Spiegel has highlighted frustration among MPs in Baltic states over Berlin's approach to the Ukraine conflict, as discussed at the Lennart Meri Conference on foreign and security policy. Germany has refused to provide Ukraine with long-range weapons and has not authorized strikes on Russian territory using Western weapons.
The report indicates that Baltic politicians argue the situation could escalate dramatically if Russia makes a strategic breakthrough in eastern Ukraine due to insufficient Western support for Kyiv. They warned that the Baltic states and Poland would not wait for Russian troops to reach their borders but would instead send troops to Ukraine themselves, potentially drawing NATO directly into the conflict.
This development follows Russia's announcement on Saturday that it had captured another village in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region. Russia's Defence Ministry stated that troops had taken control of the village of Arkhanhelske, located north of the city of Donetsk. This small frontline village is near the town of Ocheretyne, which Russia claimed to have captured earlier this month. Ukraine has reported that Russia is intensifying attacks away from the Kharkiv region, where an offensive was launched on May 10.
French President Emmanuel Macron was the first to suggest the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine. However, this idea has only received support from the Baltic states and Poland, with the rest of NATO, including Germany, criticizing Macron's statement.
Recently, The New York Times reported that NATO is discussing sending military instructors to Ukraine to train soldiers. Currently, NATO troops are training Ukrainian soldiers on foreign soil.
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