Macron says France won’t send troops to Ukraine ‘tomorrow’ but may give security guarantees

President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France would not be sending troops to Ukraine “tomorrow” but reiterated that France could provide security guarantees to the war-torn nation after a ceasefire. Macron will be meeting US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that he did not plan to send troops to Ukraine “tomorrow” but indicated that France was considering providing security guarantees to Ukraine following an eventual ceasefire deal with Russia.

“I have not decided to send troops to Ukraine tomorrow, no,” he said.

“What we are considering instead is sending forces to guarantee peace once it has been negotiated,” he said.

Answering questions from French social media users ahead of a planned visit to the White House next week, Macron said that France was entering a “new era” and that he planned to tell US President Donald Trump he could not “be weak” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

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