The Biden administration expressed outrage over French President Macron's statement about the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine. US officials clarified that they do not support Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory and will not send troops to Ukraine.
"We have made clear that the US is not going to send any troops to Ukraine. I should add that Macron is a long term ally and we work productively in terms of aid to Ukraine," US State Department representative Matthew Miller said. Matthew, Ukraine never asked for troops. Evenโฆ https://t.co/Rc3XFVifO2
๐บ๐ธ US Department of State responds to article about "anger at Macron" over statement on troops in Ukraine https://t.co/RbNxZogdt7
Journalist:ย On the Paris leg of the trip, you might have seen report that the U.S. has been angry at President Macron for his statements to send Western troops to Ukraine. Mr Miller:ย [...] We have made clear that the United States is not going to send any troops to Ukraine. https://t.co/inaJid3J6C
US angry with Macron โ Bloomberg Some US officials are angry with Macronโs suggestion that NATO may send troops into Ukraine in the future, according to Bloomberg https://t.co/72HdcfiVb1 https://t.co/uU93EnRI5C
What the hell? The U.S. does not support Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory: "It has always been our position since the outset of this war that we do not encourage or support Ukraine taking strikes outside its own territory," said State Department spokesperson Matthew at aโฆ https://t.co/SrDD8Girit
According to Bloomberg, the Biden administration was outraged by the words of French President Emmanuel Macron, who said that he โdoes not rule out sending Western troops to Ukraine.โ