French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that a potential European military force he envisions being deployed to Ukraine as part of a peace deal could “respond” to Russian attacks, a scenario that would risk nuclear war.
“If there was again a generalized aggression against Ukrainian soil, these armies would be under attack, and then it’s our usual framework of engagement,” Macron said after holding talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris.
“Our soldiers, when they are engaged and deployed, are there to react and respond to the decisions of the commander in chief and, if they are in a conflict situation, to respond to it,” Macron added.
Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have been pushing hard for the deployment of a European force to Ukraine to enforce a ceasefire despite Russia’s repeated rejection of the idea.
Macron is hosting representatives of about 30 nations in France on Thursday to discuss the proposed force, although there are signs the idea is falling out of favor among other European leaders.
Reuters reported on Wednesday that European efforts to provide future security guarantees are shifting away from the idea of deploying troops due to the opposition from Russia and the lack of support from the US.
“They are taking a step back from ground troops and trying to re-dimension what they were doing to something that could be more sensible,” one European diplomat told Reuters.
Another diplomat said, “When Ukraine was in a better position, the idea of sending troops appealed. But now, with the situation on the ground and the US administration as it is, it’s not very sexy.”
Yes, indeed, they could "respond" … and then they could die …
Heckuva price to pay for determining who rules over Novorussya, no?
Talk the talk, arm the arm, call elections soon, Micron.
In Southeast Louisiana, we would say he was talking out his a**.
They only want enough troops so that, when they provoke Russia into attacking them, it will bring the US into it. The US will never sign on to such a blatant act of manipulation; not to mention Putin's view on NATO countries' troops in the Ukraine. Who are these European 'Leaders' talking to? Europeans don't want a wider war and, increasingly, want to withdraw from the conflict. The US and Russia already consider Europe inconsequential to any bilateral deals they make. Zelenskiy being allowed to stay in power is an excuse for Russia to complete its SMO aims and Trump has an excuse to not put pressure on Putin. When are the Europeans going to understand their position in the World's hierarchy? It's not as high as they think.
Yes, Satraps generally don’t get to set conditions …
Macron the man of Rothschilds is dreaming of leading the united European army to a glorious crusade against Russia as long as there are no danger to his own life. As plan B, he can always hide under the skirt of his partner.
Plan B is, literally, a very ballsy move…..
Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer have been pushing hard for the deployment of a European force to Ukraine to enforce a ceasefire despite Russia’s repeated rejection of the idea.
Wouldn't that put a kibosh on any ceasefire working? Or even starting?
But here's the million-dollar question, that Macron and Starmer are too stupid to even consider – What happens when it's ultra-nationalist banderite UKRAINIANS who "break the ceasefire"? What will his "men" do then?
It's a rhetorical question, because we already KNOW the answer, based on experience in Kosovo; the "peacekeepers" are only there to "protect" against one side. When the Kosovars murder, beat, terrorize, or otherwise intimidate ethnic Serbs, the "peacekeepers" scratch their butts and pretend it's not happening; should the ethnic Serbs protest, or fight back, or should Serbia try to step in, the "peacekeepers" get tough and blame it all on Serbia and threaten to start bombing them again.
No Thanks. Russia will never permit this, and Macron is far too weak and unpopular in France to make anything happen anyway. I can't wait until Marine Le Pen takes away that cheese-eating fraud's position.
Of course it will be one-sided "peacekeepers." They want to go to Ukraine to further the war, not achieve peace. And it's funny how they don't dare go to Ukraine without first securing an American backstop… i.e. a guarantee that they can drag in the US army into their war against Russia.
Macron Says Potential European Force in Ukraine Could ‘Respond’ to Russian Attacks
Macron considers himself the King of Europe…!
For some reason the French like their presidents terminally pompous clowns.
Okay, so, are EU troops proposed for postwar Ukraine there as neutral peacekeepers and observers ? Or are they there as allies of the Ukrainian wehrmacht ?
Macron must want to double-down on Napoleon's disaster.
Hah! He wishes! If he were half the leader and general Nappy was …
Napoleon just overextended himself and his army when he attacked Russia. Hitler followed and both campaigns were a disaster and lost in the end.
https://www.rt.com/russia/614852-zelensky-hatred-russians-office/
"Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has admitted that his hatred of Russians is one of the driving forces propelling him to “keep going” in the conflict against Moscow.
In an interview with the French daily Le Figaro published on Wednesday, Zelensky identified the emotion as one of his three key psychological drivers since the escalation of the conflict in February 2022.
Zelensky said he hated “Russians who killed so many Ukrainian citizens,” adding that he considered such an attitude appropriate in wartime. His other motivations included a sense of national dignity and the desire for his descendants to live “in the free world,” referring to a Ukraine aligned with the West.
Officials in Kiev have accused Russia of being a historic oppressor of Ukrainians. Zelensky previously touted Ukrainians’ love of freedom as a trait that distinguishes them from Russians.
‘Nazis’ in Ukraine ‘nurtured’ by Europeans – Lavrov
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Zelensky, whose presidential term expired last year, was elected in 2019 on a platform aimed at defusing tensions with Moscow and reconciling ethnic Russian Ukrainians, many of whom opposed the 2014 Western-backed coup in Kiev. However, his initial diplomatic efforts were thwarted by radical nationalists.
Since the coup, Kiev has enacted various policies undermining the rights of ethnic minorities, with Russians as the primary target. Moscow has accused Zelensky of intensifying the crackdown, particularly by attacking the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the country’s largest religious denomination, which now faces potential prohibition for having historic links with Russia.
In a recent interview, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asserted that Zelensky caters to “the segment of the population that holds radical, ultra-right, revanchist, Banderite views,” as his image as a national leader increasingly deteriorates.
“Zelensky does not want to display weakness, as he realizes that his days are numbered,” the Russian official claimed."
Zelensky has more lives than most cats.
Only because the Russians never lobbed a missile his way… like the Americans did with Mullah Omar and Saddam and Gaddafi.
https://www.rt.com/russia/614882-us-greenland-annexation-putin/
Greenland, Canada, Panama, and western Ukraine are Washington's currently desirable sovereign acquisition targets.
I don't understand Europe's "fears' that Russia wants to add 20-plus European nations into its orbit. The WEF and Brussels envision over 600 million dead Europeans by mid-2026. How will they engineer that feat?
If I'm wrong, Brussels could 'gently request' that the US pull its operations from Ukraine and voluntarily depart from NATO membership.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia is interested in requesting 'UN troops' or a UN presence in eastern Ukraine. It appears the Kremlin and the Foreign Ministry are discussing options. Zelensky may disagree if Russia also demands he tender his resignation.
The French army is designed for operations in West Africa; removing problematic regimes, installing friendly puppets, etc. Sure they do have nuclear weapons, but are they gonna go to Ukraine to fight Russia, suffer a defeat, and then nuke Moscow and have Paris nuked in response? I don't think so. They'll go in as reinforcements to the Ukrainians and get slaughtered just like the Ukrainians.
Macron is either a bad bullshitter thinking his grandstanding will impress the Russians, or just effing insane, or probably both.
President Ménage à Trois, should open a French history book and learn about all major conflict the French lost.
Definition of insanity.