Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Grushko in an interview kp.ruCommenting on French President Emmanuel Macron’s statements about sending troops to Ukraine, he said that Russia does not advise anyone to experimentally test whether Moscow is ready for an adequate and harsh response.
“It is not advisable for anyone to empirically test whether our country is ready for an adequate and harsh response,” he said.
He added that if North Atlantic Alliance countries openly entered Ukraine, either individually or as part of a coalition, this would increase the risk of a direct conflict between NATO and the Russian Federation.
At the end of February, Macron did not rule out sending European troops to Ukraine. Then he approvedHe said Paris’s stance on the Ukrainian conflict had changed. According to him, there are now “no red lines, no restrictions” to help Kiev.
Later press secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov warned Western countries, especially France, consider sending any foreign military troops to Ukraine fraught with serious consequences.
Syrsky, formerly Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine negotiations took place With Thierry Burcard, Chief of General Staff of the French Armed Forces.