French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said Tuesday that nothing was off the table in Western efforts to prevent a Russian victory in Ukraine.
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Speaking a day after President Emmanuel Macron said that sending Western ground troops was not excluded, Attal said that « you can’t rule anything out in a war ».
This declaration also came less than two weeks after France signed a security pact with Ukraine, pledging « up to €3 billion » in additional military aid.
Attal told the RTL broadcaster that there was « no consensus » on any « official » deployment of ground troops.
« But no dynamic can be ruled out. We will do whatever it takes to ensure that Russia cannot win this war, » he said, using the same words Macron had a day earlier.
Macron, after hosting a meeting of two dozen European leaders to discuss Ukraine, on Monday painted a grim picture of a Russia whose positions he said were « hardening » both at home and on the battlefield.
« We are convinced that the defeat of Russia is indispensable to security and stability in Europe, » he said.
He refused to say more about France’s position, citing the need for « strategic ambiguity » but said the issue of Western troops in Ukraine was mentioned among the « options ».
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)
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