Karina Bovsunovskaya12:14, 03/17/24

According to him, France can station its troops in Ukraine to confront Russia.

French President Emmanuel Macron said a ground operation involving Western troops in Ukraine may be necessary “at some point.” Thus, he made his statement regarding the possible deployment of Western troops on the territory of our state. He said this in an interview with the newspaper Le Parisien, his words were quoted by Le Monde .

“Perhaps at some point – I don’t want it, I won’t take the lead – we will have to carry out operations on the ground, whatever they may be, to counter Russian forces. France’s strength is that we can do this “, assured the politician.

It is known that Macron said at the end of February that the option of introducing Western troops into Ukraine should not be ruled out. Other European partners reacted violently to such words in Berlin.

At the same time, differing views on the possibility of ground operations and the provision of long-range missiles to Kyiv could undermine cooperation between the allies. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reacted sharply to Macron’s statement on this issue and the French leader’s call to partners not to be “cowards.”

(C)UNIAN 2024