France's president does not want to rule out sending ground troops to Ukraine. Lithuania is not fundamentally opposed to the idea of Western ground troops in Ukraine.

The United States will not send troops to fight in Ukraine, the White House said. The governments of Spain and Italy also clearly opposed to sending troops to the country.. Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson called the possible sending of Western soldiers to Ukraine "not an issue" at the moment. The Czech Republic said it had a common position with the Czech Republic on this point.