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Macron Rules Out Sending French Troops to Ukraine in Near Future

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that he did not plan to send French soldiers to fight in Ukraine in the near future.
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"I don't think that a war will come to our land … [I also don't think] that we'll go and engage on Ukrainian soil tomorrow," Macron said in the "Generation Do It Yourself" podcast.
The French president added that he "understands well" the fear and concerns of the French in this regard.
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