Vatican warns against Europe sending ground troops into Ukraine

RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – The Cardinal Secretary of State at the Vatican, Pietro Parolin, has said that Emanuel Macron’s suggestion that Europe could send ground troops to Ukraine opened a “frightening scenario”.

Macron said he couldn’t rule out Western troops being deployed, but several Nato countries including the UK have ruled this out.

Cardinal Parolin echoed their fear: “It’s a truly frightening scenario, because it would bring about the escalation that we have always tried to avoid from the beginning.

It’s a scenario that I wouldn’t call apocalyptic, but certainly it’s fearsome”.

The Kremlin has warned of direct conflict if Nato troops are deployed.