French President Emmanuel Macron said during a meeting with representatives of political parties, a condition for direct French intervention in the Ukrainian conflict, the newspaper reported. L’Independent About one of the meeting participants.
The French newspaper said that, according to the leader of the French Communist Party, Fabien Roussel, Macron touched on the scenario “that could include intervention,” which is the advance of Russian forces on the front “towards Odessa or towards Kiev.”“.
The meeting held by Macron on Thursday to discuss the level to which France’s support for Ukraine could reach failed to reach a consensus between the president and the leaders of the opposition political parties, who warned Macron against dragging Paris into the conflict in Ukraine..
At the end of last month, Macron said that the meeting in Paris, during which about 20 Western countries discussed providing more support to Ukraine, raised the issue of the possibility of sending ground forces from Western countries to Ukraine, adding that this step “is not excluded.”“.
Commenting on Macron’s words, the Kremlin warned that such a development of events would inevitably lead to a direct military clash between Russia and NATO. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the fact of discussing the possibility of sending “certain units to Ukraine” as an important new element.“.