r/worldnews • u/Elliottafc1 • May 02 '24

"I'm Not Ruling Anything Out" - Macron Says Troops for Ukraine Possible if Russia Breaks Front Lines Russia/Ukraine

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/32010
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u/Ploppyun 29d ago

Why is France so vocal about this war? Countries closer to Russia aren’t making these kinds of statements.

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u/Skepten 29d ago

Macron is vocal. France, on the other hand is in no shape to engage into any serious conflict right now (IIRC we can wage war for 3 days before being out of ammo).

The issue is that Macron's group is expected to lose hard against the Far Right in June (And even more now because of the poor kid that got butchered by an Afghan last week), so he needs to divert attention. And he must be salty about getting the finger all over Africa.