French President says he does not want to rule out sending ground troops to Ukraine. Meeting of heads of state and government held in Paris on Monday.
Meeting decided to provide Ukraine with medium and long-range missiles and bombs. France also supports considerations of using common debt to finance European defense spending in view of the Ukraine war. The meeting was called at short notice to avoid any further escalation of tensions between Russia and the West. The conference was also held to discuss the defense of countries directly threatened by the Russian offensive in Ukraine.