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Macron announces “coalition” to send long-range missiles to Ukraine

The French president, Emmanuel Macronannounced on Monday the creation of a coalition to send long-range ammunition and missiles to Ukraine and stated that sending Western troops to the former Soviet republic to stop the Russian advance should not be ruled out.

Today there is no consensus on sending troops (…) but nothing should be ruled out. We will do everything necessary to ensure that Russia don’t win this war“, he declared after a meeting with around twenty European leaders in Paris.

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The new coalition will provide “medium and long range missiles and bombs” for Ukraineadded the president, insisting that “Russia’s defeat is indispensable for security and stability in the Europe”.

Macron guaranteed that the deployment of troops “was mentioned among different options”, but did not want to give details about the position of France about this and stated that he assumed that “strategic ambiguity”.

Questioned after the meeting held at the Élysée, the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Ruthhowever, he stated that the issue of sending troops was not on the agenda.

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The French leader insisted that Ukraine’s allies were not “at war with the Russian people“, What a “simply“, do not want “let them win in Ukraine”.

Western officials recognize the risk that Russia will prevail in the conflict in 2024, when Ukraine runs out of weapons and ammunition. Kiev regrets the delay in supplying promised weapons.

Source: Elcomercio

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