Macron declines to rule out Western troops in Ukraine, but says ‘not today’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool, File)

French president Emmanuel Macron reiterated his position that sending Western troops into Ukraine should not be ruled out but said that today’s situation does not require that.

In an interview on French national television on Thursday, Mr Macron was asked about the prospect of sending Western troops to Ukraine, which he publicly raised last month in comments that prompted pushback from other European leaders.