Sending Western troops to Ukraine is not 'ruled out' in the future, Macron says
The meeting of allies in Paris was held just two days after Ukraine marked two years since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
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00:00 French President Emmanuel Macron does not rule out Western troops on the ground in Ukraine
00:08 in the future. The issue was discussed at a gathering of over 20 European leaders in
00:13 Paris. The aim - to signal to Russia that support for Kyiv would not waver as the full-scale
00:19 invasion grinds into a third year. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a video
00:25 speech calling on the leaders in Paris to ensure that Putin "cannot destroy our achievements
00:30 and cannot expand his aggression to other nations." Several leaders expressed support,
00:36 including Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, for buying ammunition outside the EU for Ukraine.
00:42 "This is a tech initiative to ramp up that particular stream of activity and at the same
00:48 time we have to work on the air defence system. Ukraine is in urgent need for more rockets
00:54 but also for more systems, be it SS-200, SS-300, P-GS and other systems."
01:21 The Paris conference comes after France, Germany and the UK recently signed 10-year bilateral
01:28 agreements with Ukraine to send a strong signal of long-term backing as Kyiv works to shore
01:33 up Western support.
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