PARIS, March 2. /TASS/. A rally against sending Western soldiers to Ukraine has taken place in Paris, a TASS correspondent reported from the site.

"We came to say that we do not agree with the escalation of the Ukraine conflict. Lawmakers should demand this issue be debated at the parliament and put to voting as enshrined in the French constitution," Florian Philippot, leader of The Patriots party, who initiated the protest, told TASS during the rally.

The demonstrators tore up EU and NATO flags and waved French tricolors instead.

"Long live free France!" Parisians chanted. "One of our goals is France’s withdrawal from NATO. This alliance is constantly pushing us toward war and looking for enemies," Philippot said, adding that the EU is following suit.

The protesters carried banners saying ‘We are not willing to die for Ukraine,’ ‘Let's stop pumping weapons into Kiev,’ and ‘For a peaceful solution in Ukraine.’

The protesters demanded that France pull out of the EU and stop being a NATO member.