MOSCOW, March 10. /TASS/. NATO troops are already present in Ukraine, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said.

"The NATO military are already present in Ukraine. And I would like to sincerely thank the representatives of these countries for taking this risk," he told a conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Poland’s membership in NATO.

After a conference on Ukraine in Paris on February 26, Macron said that the participants had considered sending ground troops to Ukraine. Although no consensus was reached on this topic, he left the door open to such a scenario in the future. After the conference, most of the participating counties stated that they have no plans to send troops to Ukraine to fight against Russia.

Commenting on Macron’s statements, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that a direct military conflict between NATO and Russia will be inevitable if Western troops are sent to Ukraine. He also said NATO countries "should also assess" the consequences of such actions and be aware of them.