Kyiv Independent reports on Macron’s interview published in the Economist today:
“French President Emmanuel Macron said he would consider sending troops to Ukraine in the case of a Russian breakthrough at the front or if Ukraine requested it, in an interview with the Economist published on May 2.
Macron added that such conditions did not currently exist.
In March, Macron called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “existential” for France and the rest of Europe. Later, Macron said he would not rule out the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine.
Macron reiterated this sentiment in his interview with the Economist, saying that Europe’s “basic condition” of security depends on its ability to avoid defining concrete red lines.
“If Russia wins in Ukraine there will be no security in Europe,” he said…
…The interview came ahead of a visit to France by Chinese President Xi Jinping in May. Macron is expected to try and convince Xi to use his influence over Russian President Vladimir Putin to seek an end to the full-scale war in Ukraine.”
Western Europe is finally beginning to realize the gravity of an aggressive Russia taking Ukraine, and expanding to the borders of 4 additional NATO countries, all of them former Warsaw Pact members under the boot of Moscow. I'm surprised it's Macron sounding the alarm. Eastern Europe understood the threat from day one, but Germany, France and Italy dismissed their concerns.