Paris, Jan. 7 -- French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that "several thousand" French soldiers could be deployed to maintain peace in Ukraine following a ceasefire.
In an interview with TV channel France 2 during a Paris meeting of Western and European countries, Macron said that "France will take part in operations" to monitor the Russian-Ukrainian border after a ceasefire agreement is signed.
He stressed, however, that the French soldiers would not be combat forces, adding that France will participate in the "regeneration of the Ukrainian army."Macron added that "work has been carried out between the Ukrainians, the Coalition of the Willing, and the Americans. They will be the ones responsible for determining whether the bord...