Kyiv’s allies are scrambling to distance themselves from a suggestion made by French President Emmanuel Macron that Western troops could be sent to fight in Ukraine.
“Beyond the small number of personnel we do have in the country supporting the armed forces of Ukraine, we haven’t got any plans for large-scale deployment,” insisted a Number 10 spokesperson.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insisted that, amongst the European leaders who gathered in Paris last night, “One thing is clear: There will be no ground troops from European states or NATO.”
The pushback comes after Macron caused a stir by claiming that EU leaders who gathered in Paris yesterday discussed the topic of putting Western troops on the ground in Ukraine in a “very free and direct manner”.
