Ukraine:Sending troops would be 'fearful escalation'-Parolin - Vatican. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said Tuesday that he does not think sending Western troops to Ukraine would be a good idea.

French President Emmanuel Macron failed to rule out at a security conference in Paris on Monday, sending troops to the country. "It would be the escalation that we have always tried to avoid from the start," Parolin told ANSA.    (see related) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA 2013.