Ukraine has not yet planned to deploy a military contingent of any countries on its territory. This was announced by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of the country Alexey Danilov on Saturday, December 18.
"Today there are representatives of the United States, Great Britain, Poland, Lithuania and other countries who are training our military. There are such military men, they are constantly on the territory of our country, they teach our boys and girls how to defend our country at our training grounds, and we are grateful to them for this," he said in an interview with Apostrophe TV.
At the same time, there are no plans to deploy a military contingent on the territory of the country, according to him, now.
"If we are talking about a large military contingent, then I cannot say here, each country will be determined independently. As of today, there is no information that they are ready to defend Ukraine with their own lives. Moreover, I don't think it's their responsibility," Danilov said.
On December 14, the Verkhovna Rada allowed the admission of foreign military personnel to the territory of Ukraine to participate in the exercises in 2022. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky submitted a draft of this law to the rada at the end of November.
The admission of foreign troops concerns the exercises "United Efforts - 2022", the Ukrainian-American maneuvers Rapid Trident - 2022, the Ukrainian-British Cossack Mace - 2022, the multinational exercises "Light Avalanche - 2022", the Ukrainian-Polish exercises Silver Saber - 2022.
In September, military exercises were held in Ukraine with the participation of NATO countries. 15 states took part in the exercises "United Efforts – 2021".
On November 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is concerned about military exercises, including unplanned ones, at its borders. He recalled that bombers were flying 20 km from the border of the country, on board of which there were precision weapons.
