French President Emmanuel Macron said sending western troops to fight in Ukraine “could not be ruled out” and that Paris would drop its long-standing opposition to purchasing emergency artillery supplies for Ukraine from outside the EU.
that the common consensus was that we should be ready in a few years’ time for Russia to attack these countries,” Macron said. However, Macron’s comments received pushback from some EU leaders. “It is not at all relevant right now,” said Ulf Kristersson, Sweden’s prime minister, on Tuesday. “There is no demand from Ukraine’s side for this either.” The French U-turn on artillery purchases is a sign of how events on the battlefield have forced a rethink of policies.
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