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President of France reaffirms the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine

The French president Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed in statements to the weekly The Economist the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine in case Russia manages to advance on the eastern front and Kiev requests it.

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“If the Russians break through the front lines, if there is a Ukrainian request – which is not the case today – we should legitimately raise the issue” of sending troops, he declared. Macron for the British weekly.

“Discarding it a priori is not learning the lessons of the last two years,” during which NATO countries initially rejected sending tanks and planes to Ukraine before eventually changing their minds, the French president added.

Source: Elcomercio

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