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Macron again declines to rule out Western ground operations in Ukraine 'at some point'
(www.france24.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2024
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Can a NATO country put boots on the ground without triggering article 5? Even back line support would be extremely helpful. I mean, if putin pushes the nuke button there won't be a Russia anymore.
Article 5 is only triggered when a NATO country is attacked in their territory, so no.
The problem is that Russia might interpret it as NATO officially entering the conflict and react accordingly.
In which case all of NATO would be drawn into the conflict. Something Russia probably wants even less.
He's probably hoping (and almost certainly working behind the scenes to make it happen ie Trump and similar) that NATO wouldn't join in. We're paying the price for our inaction amd policies over the past seventy five years or so.
It's now going to be even more expensive in money, suffering and lives.