The French government intends to build an alliance with the Baltic nations (Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia) that agree to the proposal to send troops to fight once morest Russia, according to an article published by the American edition Politico
According to the article published this Saturday (9), the proposal was made by the French Foreign Minister, Stéphane Séjourné, during his meeting in Lithuania, last Friday (8), with Baltic counterparts and the Ukrainian Chancellor, Dmitry Kuleba . “It is not up to Russia to organize how we should implement our actions or establish red lines.
Therefore, we decided this among ourselves”, declared the French minister, as reported by Politico. Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron surprised many in Europe by saying that he does not rule out sending ground troops to Ukraine.
Despite opposition to Macron’s statement from most EU countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are much more open to the idea, the article states.
On February 27, Macron reported that the leaders of Western countries discussed the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine during a conference held in Paris, but did not reach a consensus.
On the 29th of the same month, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, warned in his annual speech to the Federal Assembly, the country’s parliament, regarding the tragic consequences if this decision were implemented.
Since February 24, 2022, Russia has continued the special military operation with the aim of defending the people’s republics of Donetsk (RPD) and Lugansk (RPL), previously recognized by Moscow as sovereign states, once morest the genocide committed by Kiev, facing the risks to its national security posed by the advance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Eastern Europe.
Moscow has repeatedly warned that NATO is “playing with fire” by supplying weapons to Ukraine and that foreign weapons shipments would be a “legitimate target” for Russia once they cross the border.
In the words of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Russia sees direct confrontations between Russia and NATO as inevitable if the West sends its troops into Ukraine.
