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Sending troops to Ukraine: Emmanuel Macron disowned by the international community
Sending troops to Ukraine: Emmanuel Macron disowned by the international community – (France 2)
Many European countries have expressed their reluctance after Emmanuel Macron raised, on Monday February 26, the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine. Same story on the American side.
Emmanuel Macron raised the possibility of sending Western troops on the ground in Ukraine on Monday February 26. This is a strong signal sent to Vladimir Putin, but the President of the Republic’s announcement finds no support. United Kingdom, Spain, Poland, Germany: many European countries are showing their reluctance. “There will be no troops on the ground, no soldiers sent either by European states or by NATO states, on Ukrainian soil.“, said Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor.
An unequivocal reaction from the Kremlin
Same disagreement on the United States side. “President Biden has been clear that the United States will not send troops to fight in Ukraine“, declared Adrienne Watson, spokesperson for the American National Security Council. In France, the subject was invited to the National Assembly and inflamed the exchanges between Marine Le Pen and Gabriel Attal. In Russia, the reaction is unequivocally. Any ground intervention in Ukraine would not be “not in the interest“Westerners, according to the Kremlin.
