Macron Doesn't Exclude Sending Troops To Ukraine, Announces Missile Coalition


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French President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday that a new coalition would be created to supply Ukraine with longer-range missiles and munitions, adding that not even the sending of Western ground troops to fight the Russian invasion should be ruled out.

"There is no consensus today to send ground troops... but nothing should be excluded. We will do whatever it takes to ensure that Russia cannot win this war," Macron said after a meeting of European leaders in Paris.

He said the new coalition would be set up to supply "missiles and bombs of medium and long range" to Ukraine and added: "We are convinced that the defeat of Russia is indispensible to security and stability in Europe."

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