The French President had said that Western allies should exclude no options in seeking to avert a Russian victory in Ukraine.
BERLIN/MOSCOW - The United States and key European allies said on Feb 27 they had no plans to send ground troops to Ukraine, after France hinted at the possibility, and the Kremlin warned that any such move would inevitably lead to conflict between Russia and Nato.
The White House later reiterated that it too had no plan to send ground troops, instead urging US lawmakers to approve a stalled security aid Bill that would ensure Ukrainian troops got the weapons and ammunition needed to continue their fight. Mr Scholz did say that European leaders now appeared willing after talks on Feb 26 to procure weapons from countries outside Europe as a way of speeding up military aid to Ukraine.
Russia and the United States - the big power behind Nato - have the world’s largest arsenals of nuclear weapons. President Joe Biden has cautioned that a conflict between Russia and Nato could trigger World War III.