Macron stands by remarks about sending troops to Ukraine

On Monday, Macron mentioned — after a leaders’ convention on assist for Kyiv — that there was “no consensus” on sending floor troops to Ukraine in an “official method,” however that “nothing was excluded.”

The prospect of sending Western troops to Ukraine was rejected by different NATO members, together with the U.S., U.Okay. and Germany, and sharply criticized by French opposition events, however not dismissed by Estonia and Lithuania. French officers additionally downplayed Macron’s feedback, pointing to actions comparable to demining and arms manufacturing which could concerned a Western presence in Ukraine.

The speaker of Russia’s decrease home of parliament even warned Macron in opposition to sending troops to Ukraine, saying they’d meet the identical destiny as Napoleon’s military.