HELSINKI/PARIS - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday that NATO has no plans to deploy forces to Ukraine.

At a joint press conference with Finnish President Alexander Stubb on the second day of his two-day visit to Finland, Stoltenberg said that "we are focusing on how we can establish a stronger framework for our support" to Ukraine.

Echoing Stoltenberg's position, Stubb also said that Finland has no plans to send troops to Ukraine, adding that Finland is in discussions with allies about options for supporting Ukraine.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg also noted that he saw no imminent military threat against any NATO ally from Russia, and not even after the end of the conflict

At the press conference, Stoltenberg also noted that he saw no imminent military threat against any NATO ally from Russia, and not even after the end of the conflict.

"This idea that there is a kind of a countdown to the next war is wrong," he said.

Stubb also believes the idea of a Russian attack is implausible.

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Warplanes to Ukraine

On Thursday evening, French President Emmanuel Macron said France will supply Mirage warplanes to Ukraine and train their soldiers.

"We will launch a new cooperation and transfer Mirage 2000-5s," said Macron in an interview with French media. The French leader also promised to train a whole Ukrainian battalion of 4,500 troops, to be deployed on the battlefield.

French President Emmanuel Macron the delivery of French fighter jets Mirage 2000-5s "is not a factor of escalation" and promised "these weapons will not be used to bomb civilians." Additionally, Macron did not exclude the possibility of sending military instructors to Ukraine

He said the delivery of French fighter jets "is not a factor of escalation" and promised "these weapons will not be used to bomb civilians." Additionally, Macron did not exclude the possibility of sending military instructors to Ukraine.

"There should be no taboo on this subject," he said in the interview.

Mirage 2000 is a French multi-role, single-engine, fourth-generation jet fighter, manufactured by Dassault Aviation.

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At the end of February, Macron suggested European nations should send troops to Ukraine during a meeting in Paris but many other European countries, including Germany, Britain, Spain, and Italy, voiced their disagreement.

Following Macron's remarks in February, Russia warned a direct conflict between NATO and Russia would be inevitable if the alliance sends troops to Ukraine.

Earlier on Thursday, Marcon led a ceremony held at Omaha Beach in Normandy, northern France, to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

According to a live broadcast by French media BFMTV, some 20 heads of state and government, including US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, participated in the event.

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En route to France for the ceremony, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters on Tuesday that the United States will maintain its policy of not sending military advisors to Ukraine.

The Normandy landings along the French coast on June 6, 1944, marked an important turning point in World War II, paving the way to the Allied's victory against Nazi Germany.