French President Emmanuel Macron presented the idea of sending European troops to Ukraine in the future. Some leaders support the proposal, but many oppose it.
Spain and Italy do not want to send troops to Ukraine
Spain and Italy disagreed with France's proposal to send ground troops to Ukraine.
The Reuters reports on Feb.27.
According to the spokeswoman of the Spanish government, Pilar Alegria, Madrid did not agree with the proposal of French President Emmanuel Macron to send troops to Ukraine. She stated that aid should be limited to weapons and other materials.
Unity was and is the most effective weapon Europe has to resist Putin's onslaught.
At the same time, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that his country is also against sending troops to Ukraine. He believes that the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine is "Macron's idea."
When you talk about sending troops, you have to be very careful because we must not make people think that we are at war with Russia. We are not at war with Russia, we are defending Ukraine, and in my personal opinion, I am not in favor of sending Italian troops to fight in Ukraine.
Antonio Tajani
Italian MFA chief
What is known about the sending of Western troops to Ukraine
On February 26, a working meeting of about 20 European leaders took place in the Elysee Palace in Paris. The participants of the conference discussed ways of confronting Russia and possible ways of helping Ukraine in confronting the aggressor in the context of the aggravation of the situation at the front in recent weeks.
In particular, during the summit, French President Emmanuel Macron did not rule out that NATO would send troops to help Ukraine. The main problem, according to him, is that there is still no consensus on this issue.
Many of the people who say today, "Never and never," were the same people who two years ago said, "No tanks, no planes, no long-range missiles.
It should be noted that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is currently against sending NATO or EU troops to Ukraine, and the Czech Republic and Poland are not considering such a possibility either.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was also categorical, stating that "there are no plans to deploy NATO combat troops on the territory of Ukraine," despite comprehensive assistance to Kyiv.
