Russia-Ukraine war: Kremlin warns of conflict with Nato if alliance troops fight in Ukraine – as it happened

Jens Stoltenberg says no plans for Nato troops on the ground in Ukraine after Macron refused to rule it out

The Kremlin has suggested that conflict between Russia and the US-led Nato military alliance would become inevitable if European members of Nato sent troops to fight in Ukraine, Reuters reports.

Sweden, Poland and the Czech Republic have distanced themselves from Emmanuel Macron saying on Monday that there was no consensus" on sending western troops to Ukraine but nothing should be excluded" (see post at 10am).