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“Nothing should be excluded to prevent Russia from winning the war.” At the end of February, Emmanuel Macron put its EU and NATO partners on the spot by suggesting sending ground troops to Ukraine. True to his style, the French president subtly dropped the idea, without prior notice and with the assurance that neither the rejection of his allies nor the possible geopolitical implications They were going to change his mind.. “Setting limits is opting for defeat,” she insisted weeks later. Now, Macron could be about to announce the sending of “boots on the ground” (boots on the ground) French, but also European.
Just a couple of days ago, the head of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Sirski, revealed in a statement published on social networks that France had accepted to send military instructors to train Ukrainian soldiers. kyiv’s top commander did not give further details about the agreement, but several diplomatic sources later explained to the news agency Reuters that training would focus on demining operations, equipment maintenance and training for the handling of Western fighters. These sources assured that Paris would finance, arm and train a Ukrainian motorized brigade.
The truth is that the French authorities have not yet confirmed the agreement. In fact, Macron himself has tried not to comment on what it considers “uncoordinated and unfortunate communications.” “I am not in the habit of commenting on rumors or decisions that may happen,” he said Tuesday at a press conference after the meeting with the German chancellor. Olaf Scholzwith whom he discussed the future of European security and defense.
However, there are those who see in Macron’s apparent silence (which neither confirms nor denies) a ratification of the deployment. And not only that. Citing anonymous sources, the newspaper Le Monde has advanced that the French authorities are trying to forge a coalition of wills (as a group of countries acting collectively outside an institution or body is known) to send a joint delegation of experts to Ukraine.
All despite the fact that there are numerous countries that fear that a decision like this will lead them to enter in direct conflict with Russiawhich already threatened that there would be “serious consequences” if Western troops set foot on Ukrainian soil.
French soldiers in Estonia, on March 19.
Reuters
For the moment, France would still be consulting its partners, but according to Le Mondethe announcement of this coalition could be made next June 6th and 7th. Specifically, during the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings, which marked the beginning of the liberation of Europe from Nazism. The Ukrainian president will attend the event, Volodymyr Zelenskythe American president, Joe Biden, and many other world political leaders.
Another taboo broken
Earlier this week, the United States overturned another of the great taboos related to the war and gave Ukraine permission to attack inside Russia using weapons provided by the United States. Yes indeed, “only near Kharkiv area”, according to US officials. Later, France, Germany and almost a dozen other countries gave the green light to the kyiv Army to do the same.
The decision marks a shift in the policy of some allies, such as the United States, who had firmly refused to allow Ukraine to use weapons for attacks inside Russia despite Zelensky’s constant requests.
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