French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly wants to send his troops to Odessa this year.
At the end of February, French President Emmanuel Macron did not rule out that NATO troops would be sent to Ukraine in the future. Paris later sought to clarify the president’s words and softened reactions to them, while insisting on the need to send a clear signal to Russia that it cannot win the war in Ukraine.
On the evening of March 14, Ukrainian Telegram channels spread news from France News 24 about the alleged transfer of regiments of French troops to Romania for deployment in Ukraine, especially in Odessa . According to media reports, this is about the second foreign infantry regiment. If it is true it remains in the story.
Scandalous news
People’s Deputy Alexey Goncharenko quickly responded to the message about sending French regiments to Odessa. According to him, such news is fake.
“Macron did not speak about transferring the regiments and sending them to Odessa. If it had come before this, the Rada would have voted for permission to send troops,” he wrote.
The People’s Deputy also recalled that without the permission of the parliament, no foreign army can be brought to Ukraine, and the Rada has not yet given such permission.
Subsequently, the France News 24 website also removed its news about the shelves.
Note that this media report was preceded by an article in the newspaper Le Monde. In it, journalists, citing sources in the French authorities, reported that on the evening of February 21, during a feast in a narrow circle, Macron actually expressed his readiness to send of troops in Odessa this year.
“The situation in Ukraine, occupied by Russian troops for two years now, is getting worse and the war is getting longer. In any case, next year I will have to send some men to Odessa,” quoted newspaper spoke to the French president saying. .
On the same day, Macron’s extensive interview was released for national television TF1 and France 2. During the conversation, where the French leader reiterated his position on the possibility of entering Western troops into Ukraine, but noted that the deployment of ground forces is currently off the agenda, however Europe must keep “all options” open to the spread of war.
At the same time, Macron, who is the commander-in-chief of the country’s armed forces, refused to explain under what circumstances France would be ready to send troops to Ukraine.
“The French will not attack”
In official comments, Macron noted that if French troops were sent to Ukraine, the responsibility for instigating such a move would lie with Moscow.
“It will not be us,” he said and assured that France would not launch an offensive in Ukraine against Russia.
Noting that France is a force for peace, Macron warned that Russia seeks to expand its power and will not stop now: “If we leave Ukraine alone, if we let Ukraine lose the war this, Russia is definitely a threat to Moldova, Romania and Poland. .”
Pressure on Germany
On Friday, March 15, Macron met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin to discuss how best to provide aid to Ukraine, especially military equipment.
The French leader warned that “the security of Europe and the French are at stake” and that if Russia wins, trust in Europe will be “reduced to zero.” But Scholz has traditionally been more cautious, even ruling out the possibility of transferring German Taurus cruise missiles to Kyiv.
After that, as Bloomberg writes, Macron began to put pressure on Scholz. Journalists believe that the French president seeks to have a leading role in Europe in supporting Ukraine. He previously organized a leaders’ summit in Paris where the countries agreed on a plan to supply the Ukrainian army with much-needed ammunition outside the European Union.
“Although the meeting in Berlin will not be a game changer, it is the last chance for Scholz and Macron to improve relations before important months for Ukraine, the June elections to the European Parliament and the appointment of a new leader of NATO,” the material said.
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Source: korrespondent
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