Emmanuel Macron does not rule out "sending ground troops to Ukraine if Moscow breaks through the front lines and Kiev requests it" .
The French president said this in an interview with the Economist: «In this case we should legitimately ask ourselves the question, excluding it a priori means not learning the lesson of the last two years », he stated, recalling that the NATO countries had initially excluded sending tanks and planes to Ukraine only to later change his mind.
On February 26, Macron declared for the first time that there was the possibility of sending ground troops, in which case he spoke of "sending Western troops which cannot be ruled out".
“We have undoubtedly hesitated too much by putting limits on our action towards someone who no longer has limits and is the aggressor ,” he reiterated today. «I have a clear strategic objective: Russia cannot win in Ukraine. If Russia wins in Ukraine, we will no longer have security in Europe. Who can say that Russia will stop there? What security for the other neighboring countries, Moldova, Romania, Poland, Lithuania, and many others? And again, what credibility for the Europeans who would have spent billions, who would have said that the survival of the continent was at stake and who would not have given themselves the tools to stop Russia? So, yes, we shouldn't rule anything out."
Moscow's ironic response was not long in coming, coming from Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova: "Macron's statements are somehow linked to the days of the week, this is his cycle."
Matteo Salvini 's response on social media is categorical: « Never an Italian soldier dies in the name of Macron . I think so".
(Unioneonline/L)
