The Kremlin has been reacting in the past few moments to Emmanuel Macron’s comments that sending Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not “ruled out” for the future.
The French president told a conference in Paris yesterday that there was “no consensus at this stage” but “nothing should be excluded”.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said if this were to happen, talks would shift to the “inevitability” of a conflict with NATO.
Kyiv, meanwhile, has reacted positively to Mr Macron’s comments.
Senior Ukrainian presidential official Mykhailo Podolyak said discussion over potential Western intervention in the war was good.
“This shows, firstly, an absolute awareness of the risks posed to Europe by a militaristic, aggressive Russia,” he said.
Ukraine claims to shoot down Russian fighter jet
Ukraine’s military claims it shot down another Russian Su-34 fighter jet yesterday.
In a Telegram post, air force commander Mykola Oleschuk said: “Russian pilots managed to evade our missiles, but this will not always be the case.”
Ukraine claims to have shot down a number of Russian military planes in recent months, including two A-50 spy aircraft – estimated to cost more than $300m each.
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