"I'm Not Ruling Anything Out" - Macron Says Troops for Ukraine Possible if Russia Breaks Front Lines

Some analysts believe that Russia could be on the verge of launching a major new offensive in Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron has reaffirmed that he doesn't rule out sending troops to Ukraine if Russia breaks through Ukrainian front lines and Kyiv requests such assistance.

In an interview with The Economist, Macron stated that the possibility of sending troops would "legitimately" arise in such a scenario.

Macron's comments come in the wake of rising tensions amid concerns that Russia may launch a major new offensive in Ukraine.

Some analysts believe that Russia could be on the verge of launching a major new offensive in Ukraine.

"I'm not ruling anything out, because we are facing someone who is not ruling anything out," said Macron when asked if he stood by comments earlier this year not excluding the sending of Western troops that sent shockwaves around Europe.

He emphasized that if Russia were to escalate its actions, it would force all European leaders to consider sending troops.

"If Russia decided to go further, we will, in any case, all have to ask ourselves this question" of sending troops, describing his refusal to rule out such a move as a "strategic wake-up call for my counterparts," Macron said.

French president described Russia as "a power of regional destabilisation" and a significant threat to European security.

Furthermore, he outlined his strategic objective, stating that Russia cannot be allowed to win in Ukraine.

"I have a clear strategic objective: Russia cannot win in Ukraine," Macron said.

"If Russia wins in Ukraine, there will be no security in Europe.

The Kyiv Post

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Posted by VolSquatch

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Posted on 5/2/24 at 8:40 am to cypher

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"If Russia decided to go further, we will, in any case, all have to ask ourselves this question" of sending troops, describing his refusal to rule out such a move as a "strategic wake-up call for my counterparts," Macron said.

"strategic wake-up call" to me sounds like he is trying to sneakily imply that the west needs to posture on direct involvement in order to get a better deal for Ukraine in peace talks.

Historically posturing sometimes leads to actual conflict, but I don't think its necessarily a bad strategy if that is his goal.

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Posted by AU86

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Posted on 5/2/24 at 2:46 pm to cypher

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"I'm Not Ruling Anything Out" - Macron Says Troops for Ukraine Possible if Russia Breaks Front Lines

Macron is a windbag like 3-4 posters on here. He likes to make statements to get his 30 minutes of press but he never comes through on anything he says. He is almost as weak as Scholz but with a bigger ego and mouth.

Sadly for Ukraine they have hitched their wagon to Western European countries, the US and Canada whose leaders have the spine of a caterpillar and in one case a dementia patient.

Putin knew who he was up against when he started this.