PARIS: The "peacekeeping forces" that the West wants to send to Ukraine will be able to provide a "military response" in case of attack, said French President Emmanuel
Macron.
According to him, Western troops "will not be deployed on the front line" and their goal "will not be a conflict with the Russian armed forces."
"But if there is new aggression against Ukrainian territory, these armies will be attacked, and within the framework of our involvement, they will be there to react and respond, according to the decision of the commander-in-chief. If they find themselves in a state of conflict, they will respond to it," Macron said at a joint press conference with Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris. The broadcast was conducted on the official account of the Elysee Palace in
"I don't know why we are asking ourselves this question about Ukraine. We have never asked ourselves this question before when we were deployed elsewhere with a clear mission. So we are not there to be on the front line, but to guarantee long-term peace," he said.
Bloomberg reported on March 13 that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron are trying to attract 37 countries to create a so-called "coalition of the willing" - a group of states ready to deploy peacekeepers in Ukraine and provide the Kyiv regime with security guarantees. The Telegraph newspaper, in turn, citing high-ranking military sources, reported on March 23 that the British military called the plans of the British prime minister political theater, since no one has an idea of the details of such a mission.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov emphasized on March 6 that Russia does not see any possibility for a compromise on the issue of deploying foreign peacekeepers in Ukraine. As the Russian minister specified, in the event of the deployment of a foreign contingent in Ukraine, Western countries will not want to agree on the terms of peaceful regulation, since this contingent will create "facts on the ground." The Russian Foreign Ministry previously stated that the plans of some EU countries to send peacekeepers to Ukraine are a provocative step aimed at maintaining Kyiv's unhealthy illusions.
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