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Sunak: Not thinking about sending troops to Ukraine

The world is more dangerous and unpredictable than decades, British PM said

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he is not thinking about sending NATO troops to Ukraine.

"No" - he answered the relevant question in an interview with the newspaper La Repubblica.

In his opinion, the decision taken at the G7 summit in Italy to use the profits from frozen Russian assets for the needs of Ukraine is a demonstration that the G7 is ready for anything.

„We need to increase our investment in defense because the world is more dangerous and unpredictable than it has been for decades,” he said.

The British Prime Minister was evasive about using Western weapons against targets on Russian soil. According to him, the missiles should be used “in accordance with international humanitarian laws”.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken confirmed on May 31 that Biden had agreed to strike with US weapons in Russian regions near Kharkiv. At the same time, Blinken did not rule out that the range of American weapon attacks on Russian territory will increase. The German cabinet said the same day that German weapons could be used "to defend against attacks" of the Russian Federation in the Kharkiv region. However, there is currently no unity among Western countries on the issue of restrictions on the use of their weapons.