National Rally president Jordan Bardella, whose party is leading in the polls, said the former should make the decision if it forms a government, and not Macron at this period

Macron allegedly sought increased military support for Ukraine, including weaponry and Western troop deployment for training in Western Ukraine, a request declined by Mitsotakis.

Responding to reporters on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that if EU NATO members sent troops to Ukraine “we would need to talk not about the probability, but about the inevitability (of a direct conflict)."

At the same time, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis noted that 'we reaffirmed our unity and determination to support Ukraine to defend itself against the Russian invasion'