Putting Western troops on the ground in Ukraine not ‘ruled out’, says Macron

Emmanuel Macron, centre right, has suggested Western troops could be sent to Ukraine (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP)

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that sending Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not “ruled out” in the future, after the issue was debated at a gathering of European leaders, as Russia’s full-scale invasion grinds into a third year.

The French leader said at the meeting of 20 European heads of state and other western officials in Paris that “we will do everything needed so Russia cannot win the war”.