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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Martha McHardy

Nato countries ‘could send troops to Ukraine in coalition of the willing’ former alliance chief warns

Iryna Rybakova via AP

A number of Nato countries could send troops to Ukraine if the war-torn country is not given security guarantees at a forthcoming summit, a former secretary-general has warned.

Anders Rasmussen said that even if such guarantees were not agreed, members of the alliance would not allow the issue of Ukraine’s future Nato membership to be kept off the agenda at the Vilnius summit in July.

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