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France and UK propose one-month truce in Ukraine

European soldiers would only be deployed on the ground in the second phase of a potential peace deal, the French president has told Le Figaro newspaper.

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France and Britain are to propose a one-month truce in Ukraine “in the air, at sea”, Emmanuel Macron has said following talks in London on Sunday.

European soldiers would only be deployed on the ground in the second phase of a potential peace deal, the French president told Le Figaro.

He also suggested that European countries should raise their defence spending to between 3 and 3.5 per cent of GDP to respond to Donald Trump’s demands.

Mr Macron told the newspaper: “There will be no European troops on Ukrainian soil in the coming weeks.”

Read more of this report from The Telegraph.