The announcement had the effect of a thunderbolt.
“There is no consensus today to send
ground troops in an official, assumed and endorsed manner
, but dynamically nothing must be excluded
,” thundered Emmanuel Macron in front of around twenty international leaders gathered for a support conference in Kiev on the evening of February 26, as Russia's war against Ukraine enters its third year.
“We will do everything necessary to ensure that Russia cannot win this war”
he asserted, stressing that such a potential had been
“mentioned among the options”
.
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This option, which until now had never been formulated by Paris, contrasts with the caution displayed by NATO member countries, which seek to avoid any cobelligerence with Russia.
And raises the question of the legal framework within which these potentially French troops would be sent.
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