Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said sending troops to Ukraine is 'not on the cards at all for the moment' but Sweden will continue sending advanced military equipment.
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It's not on the cards at all for the moment, we're busy sending advanced military equipment to Ukraine
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has commented on the statement of French President Macron, who did not rule out sending ground troops to Ukraine, emphasising that this issue is currently not relevant for his country.
"If a country wants to send troops to another part of the world, it does not affect NATO."
"The French tradition is not the Swedish tradition," Kristersson added.
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told the Swedish broadcaster SVT the next day that the question of whether to send troops to Ukraine was not relevant to his country at the moment, and there were no requests from Kyiv for that.
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