CNN World 1 hr 26 min ago US will not send troops to Ukraine, State Department says in response to Macron comments From CNN's Michael Conte

 

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US will not send troops to Ukraine, State Department says in response to Macron comments

From CNN's Michael Conte

The US State Department reiterated that President Joe Biden has ruled out sending US troops to fight in Ukraine, in response to French President Emmanuel Macron saying sending Western troops to Ukraine “cannot be ruled out.”

“Certainly, every country is free to speak to its own interest, but in addition to the president making clear that the US will not send troops to fight in Ukraine, the NATO secretary general has ruled out any NATO troops to fight in Ukraine,” said State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller at a press briefing. 

He also called on Congress to pass additional funding for lethal aid to Ukraine. “We think that the path to victory for Ukraine right now is in the United States House of Representatives,” Miller said.