French President Emmanuel Macron calls on Ukraine's allies not to be "cowards" in the face of Russia's invasion, after having received criticism for his proposal to send Western soldiers to fight on the ground in Ukraine. Macron's comments come on a visit to Prague where he intends to clarify his country's standpoint on a Czech plan to buy weapons outside Europe to help Kyiv's war effort.
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00:00 "We are approaching a moment in our Europe where it will be appropriate not to be cowardly.
00:07 We never want to see the drama that is coming.
00:11 We never want to see what is at stake.
00:14 And I believe that our two countries are aware of what is at work in Europe.
00:20 The fact that war has returned to our soil,
00:24 that unstoppable powers are extending the threat,
00:30 and that we are attacking ourselves more each day."