French President Macron faces opposition from German Chancellor Scholz on the idea of deploying Western troops to Ukraine.

Chancellor Scholz has firmly rejected any such military proposal, causing tensions between France and Germany.

The discord over military support reveals deeper rifts within the European alliance and NATO at a particularly sensitive time.

Ukraine's President Zelensky backs the deployment proposal and is set to discuss it with Macron in an upcoming mid-March meeting.

Beyond troop deployment, disagreements also encompass the provision of Taurus missiles to Ukraine and the use of frozen Russian assets in the EU to fund Ukrainian defense.