The French Foreign Ministry emphasized that Ukraine did not ask to send Western troops. At the same time, nothing can be ruled out in the coming months.
French troops in Ukraine
As noted, during the visit to Lithuania, French MFA Stephane Sejournay met with his Baltic and Ukrainian colleagues.
It is not for Russia to tell us how we should help Ukraine in the coming months or years. It is not for Russia to orchestrate how we deploy our actions or set red lines. We have to decide it among ourselves.
Stefan Séjournay
Head of the Foreign Ministry of France
In particular, Sejourne repeatedly mentioned demining operations as a possibility, saying that it "may mean the presence of some personnel, but not to fight."
Ukraine is not asking us to send troops. Currently, Ukraine is asking us to send ammunition. We do not exclude anything for the coming months, he added.
What is known about Macron's statement about sending troops to Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron did not rule out that NATO could send troops to help Ukraine. The main problem, he said, is that there is currently no consensus on this issue.
A number of NATO countries opposed this idea, in particular, Germany, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Poland, Spain and Italy. At the same time, there are countries that are ready to consider such a possibility, for example, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
Canada, which is also a member of NATO, declared that it is ready to send troops to Ukraine, but only to train Ukrainian defenders in the territory far from the front.
