France** Macron met with more than 20 world leaders in Paris, France, on February 26 and issued a new report on helping Ukraine change the situation it is currently facing, AFP said. In a press conference later on, Macron made it clear that Ukraine could still have the support of Western countries in order to prevent Russia from winning the battle.
France's Macron (second from right) meets with Ukraine's allies in Paris.
In addition, Macron also unveiled a new strategic coordination plan called the "Deep Attack Alliance", which will provide medium-range missile and bombing support to Ukraine over longer distances. At the same time, he pointed out that European countries have pledged to provide more military support to Ukraine, including arms manufacturing, and are currently negotiating with several non-European countries whether they can ** these arms.
According to recent reports, Podolyak, a member of Ukraine's aides, applauded Macron's statement and saw it as a positive sign. While Podolyak noted that the proposed proposal is still in the debate stage, he stressed that Macron's speech did take the debate at the conference to a new level.
Macron's proposal to aid Ukraine mentions the possibility of "sending troops", which quickly set off a storm around the world. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at a press conference on the 27th that he was not in favor of sending troops to Ukraine, and insisted that neither Europe nor the North Atlantic Treaty Organization could do so.
Ukrainian ** Macron meets with Zelensky, the Frenchman and his son.
According to the Associated Press, Stoltenberg was quoted as saying, "Although NATO has been strengthening its support for Ukraine since 2014, especially after Russia's "complete aggression", there are no plans to send combat forces to Ukraine at this time." Another senior member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization repeated the above statement, expressing his willingness to oppose the sending of combat forces on Ukrainian territory.
It is well known that in the North Atlantic Treaty, joint action must be approved by all Member States, and the dispatch of troops is considered a very sensitive and complex issue, especially in the current situation, when many NATO members are trying to avoid a larger war with a nuclear-armed power such as Russia.
In addition, according to Agence France-Presse, Italy has indicated that it will not send troops to Ukraine, while its Prime Minister Meloni insists that Italy does not have a similar plan. Italian Governor Tajani also touched on this issue when he met with Croatia. He said Italy had been careful in the matter so as not to give the impression that there would be friction between Italy and Russia.
Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk (center) was elected prime minister on December 11, 2023.
Even Poland, which has always been pro-Ukrainian, expressed strong **. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is on a visit to the Czech Republic, where he made it clear that Poland will not send troops to Ukraine. Similarly, Czech Prime Minister Fiala prefers to maintain his current aid model rather than seek other avenues.
According to Reuters, Slovakia and Hungary also said at the Visegrad summit in the Czech Republic that they would not deal with Ukraine, especially Slovak Prime Minister Fiko. He has accused Western countries of taking a completely wrong approach in dealing with the contradictions between Russia and Ukraine.
And the United Kingdom, while recognizing that it has already sent a small number of troops to Ukraine, especially in the field of medicine, it has also made it clear that they do not intend to send a large number of troops. This means that the United Kingdom, which has provided military and financial support to Ukraine, is also cautious in the face of such a situation.
According to CNN and AFP, the United States has already made clear its position against sending troops to Ukraine. The White House, as well as the Pentagon, have expressed their opinion on this. White House spokesman Watson declared on the 28th that Biden has stated that his army will not conduct military activities in Ukraine. Kirby, another spokeswoman for the White House, also said that at present, the US personnel in Ukraine are limited to some military advisers at the embassy in Kyiv and Ukraine, and the primary mission of these personnel is to help Ukraine obtain arms.
In addition, Miller, a female journalist in the United States, also declared that the Biden administration did not agree to send troops to Ukraine. US Defense Department spokeswoman Ryder also made similar remarks, saying that the United States has no intention of sending an army to Ukraine.
According to reports, both the United States and the White House have said that the top priority now is to obtain parliamentary approval to give more military support to Ukraine. The decision came after the US Congress passed a bailout package for Ukraine worth up to 60 billion. However, although the Senate passed the bill, the head of the House of Representatives, Republican Mr. Johnson, did not agree to vote on the bill. At the same time, a majority of Republican members of the US Congress are not in favor of continuing to bail out Ukraine.
According to the Russian news agency, it is quite possible that Macron is using public opinion to create a sense that "anything can be done for the sake of Ukraine." Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the 22nd that Russia has noticed the talk of "troops entering Ukraine". In this regard, he made a warning that once the North Atlantic Treaty Organization actually sends troops to Ukraine, Russia will face the inevitable problem of a head-on collision with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not just a hypothesis.
At the same time, according to TASS, Russian Prime Minister Sergei Lavrov said that he was not interested in the talks in Paris, saying that such meetings never brought anything substantial.
French Foreign Minister Sejourne, under the fierce response of the United States and Western countries, made a "supplement" on the 26th. He noted that although it is necessary for France to send troops to Ukraine, this does not mean that they will cross the line of intervening in the war. Serone said that the fact that Ukraine has experts from Western armies does not mean that they are also involved in this war.