NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has confirmed the statement that the North Atlantic Alliance does not plan to send troops to Ukraine, and Kyiv has not even requested such a thing, according to the Italian news agency ANSA. The issue of defense assistance The Secretary General of the alliance emphasized that the Ukrainian authorities have asked for more support from partners and allied countries. Defense assistance from the Western countries should help the Ukrainian Armed Forces to more effectively counter Russia’s large-scale aggression, including massive shelling. In this context, St…