Brussels - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that the alliance had no intention to send forces into Ukraine after Russia invaded its neighbour.
"We don't have NATO troops in Ukraine, and we don't have any plans to send NATO troops into Ukraine," Stoltenberg told a media conference after an emergency meeting of the alliance's ambassadors.
"We have made it clear that we don't have any plans and intention of deploying NATO troops to Ukraine," he said.
"What we have made clear is that we have already increased and we are increasing the presence of NATO troops in the eastern part of the alliance on NATO territory." Ukraine is a partner of the Western defense alliance but not a NATO member.
