Published March 22, 2024
Ever since President Emmanuel Macron said he does not rule out sending troops to Ukraine, tensions with Moscow have noticeably risen. As part of its new strategy, France no longer hesitates to publicly denounce Russian disinformation attacks
The French Foreign Affairs Ministry has a new ritual. Every Thursday, at its weekly press briefing, it denounces Russia’s hostile acts toward France. “Lies, instrumentalization, manipulation: the Kremlin’s regime continues its headlong rush,” said Christophe Lemoine, a spokesperson for the ministry, on Thursday, March 21. “Russian institutions are lying in an increasingly unabashed manner, as witnessed by the statements made on Tuesday by the director of Russian foreign intelligence on the sending of French soldiers to Ukraine,” said the diplomat. “We will not allow ourselves to be deceived or intimidated,” he concluded, as President Emmanuel Macron and European leaders were meeting in Brussels for a summit largely devoted to military support for Kyiv.
The Russian authorities’ virulence has increased since the beginning of the year, particularly since the French president said on February 26 that he would not rule out sending troops to Ukraine. Although his remarks sparked a lively debate among Ukraine’s Western allies, Macron was seeking to send a signal to Moscow, calling on Europe to urgently step up their assistance to Kyiv, while American aid was blocked by Congress.
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SOURCE: www.lemonade.fr
RELATED: French Military In Ukraine Will Be A ‘Priority Target’ For Russia – Kremlin Warns At Security Council
Published March 22, 2024
France must keep in mind that Moscow will consider the French military deployed in Ukraine a priority target, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, said at a Security Council meeting.
“When planning to send regular soldiers (to Ukraine), Paris should remember an important thing – they will be considered as a legitimate and even priority target for our army,” Nebenzya underscored.
Nebenzya added the West has already brought Ukraine to the edge of the abyss, sucked out almost all its resources, and robbed the population of the right to a decent future. Now, they are starting to jitter because they were unable to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia or at least weaken it.
“It can be stated that the scale of the North Atlantic Alliance’s participation in keeping the Kyiv wards afloat is much wider than they are trying to imagine in Washington and Brussels,” Nebenzya concluded.
Earlier, in an interview on French TV, Macron recently said, “If the situation should deteriorate, we would be ready to make sure that Russia never wins that war. (Anybody advocating) limits (on aid to Ukraine) chooses defeat.”
