“There is no request from Ukraine for this, the issue is not relevant.” Thus the Swedish Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, who yesterday celebrated “the historic day” of Hungarian ratification, the last remaining, of Sweden’s membership in NATO, excludes the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, clearly distancing himself from the declarations , possibilist in this sense, made by Emmanuel Macron.
“At the moment we are busy sending advanced equipment from Sweden to Ukraine in many different ways, as many other countries are busy doing,” said Kristersson, interviewed by broadcaster SVT, adding that the question of the hypothetical sending troops “so that’s an entirely different matter.”
“However, we can say that there are different countries that have different traditions in engaging in other countries – he said, further commenting on the words of the French president – and the tradition of France is not the Swedish tradition, so I respect France’s will to help Ukraine. We now help Ukraine in a different way with a lot of advanced equipment.”