4 Mar 2024

Foreign correspondent Thomas Sparrow

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 4 March 2024

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France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) shakes hands with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) at the presidential Elysee palace in Paris on 16 February, 2024, after signing a bilateral security agreement.

France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) shakes hands with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) at the presidential Elysee palace in Paris, after signing a bilateral security agreement. Photo: Thibault Camus / POOL / AFP

Several European countries have rejected the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine after the French president said "nothing should be ruled out". Russia says it would make war with NATO inevitable. And a wave of violent violent crimes, including multiple shootings, have spread through several Brussels neighborhoods over the past months, raising concerns about safety in the EU capital.