Rutte calls NATO forces' involvement in Ukraine unwise

North Atlantic Alliance Secretary General Mark Rutte said Thursday, Nov. 28, that he does not think it is a wise decision to involve NATO military forces in the conflict in Ukraine.

"I think it would not be a wise decision," Rutte said in response to a question from Fox News journalist Tucker Carlson about whether NATO is considering engaging troops if third countries continue to allegedly support Russia in the conflict.

The NATO secretary-general said Ukraine would only start peace talks if it was confident it would get a positive result from them.

"At the moment they (the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). - Ed.) are at a disadvantage," Rutte added.

In September, retired Colonel Anatoly Matviychuk, a former special forces officer, said that Western private military companies (PMCs) present in Ukraine are probably camouflaged regular forces of certain NATO countries.

Also on Friday, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel-General Alexander Fomin said that NATO member states are planning to send troops to Ukraine to conduct forceful coercion of the Russian side to negotiate on the Kiev regime's formulas. In his opinion, NATO countries are not ready for an open conflict with Russia and transferring their troops to Ukraine amid problems with logistics and armament.

Back in February this year, French President Emmanuel Macron said that his words about the possible dispatch of NATO countries' troops to Ukraine were balanced and serious.

The special operation to protect Donbass, the start of which Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24, 2022, continues. The decision was taken against the background of the aggravated situation in the region.