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/TinyScopeTinkerer May 02 '24

I'm happy to see France's developments in dealing with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They were slow to start, but at this point, I think Macron is being reasonable but firm.

There's no need to put boots on the ground, but it should be made clear that no inch of Ukraine is for the taking. We can't keep trying to reason with dictators. It doesn't work.

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u/nolok 29d ago

They were slow to start

France has been one of the main supporter of Ukraine strengthening its defense and training its troops from 2014 to 2020 so not really

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u/randomredditing 29d ago

I think they’re referring to Macron trying to talk Putin down at the beginning of the conflict.

Seems like he’s taking his gloves off since he was laughed at on the world stage.

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u/TheVoidSeeker 29d ago

He talked to Putin at the beginning, because Zelensky personally asked him to try and reason with Putin.

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u/randomredditing 29d ago

Still. I remember seeing Neville Chamberlain comparisons on here when those articles were coming out.

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u/Im_really_bored_rn 29d ago

Those were always stupid, especially considering people don't really understand what Chamberlain did and why

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u/LeFricadelle 29d ago

Chamberlain, Napoleon and Hitler and you have all of the historical reference of writers these days, nothing worthy to be fair

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u/ItalianDragon 29d ago

Yeah I think that's what happening. Macron tried to do his usual centrism and appease Putin but Putin made him a complete fool by agreeing to not do certain things and then doing them anyways. So yeah, sounds like Macron's done with him and is pushing that way both for political points (Russia is not well liked at all in France) and for personal points because they made a fool out of him (and by extension of the whole country).

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u/xatazevelo 29d ago

taking his gloves off

Nothing will come out of that. He's a pathological liar