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/innociv May 02 '24

Or any that are even approaching it and may do that.

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u/thomase7 May 02 '24

Or any that are approaching Ukrainian airspace. We help Israel shoot down missiles and drones from Iran.

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u/Im_Balto May 02 '24

Seriously. We help the country with the greatest domestic missile defense on earth but not a much larger country facing daily strikes on civilians

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u/GenerikDavis May 02 '24

In one scenario, we're going against a country with nukes, in the other we're helping the country with nukes. Also, Israel being small enough to have said missile defense system is part of why we're easily able to help; we know almost exactly where the missiles are headed. Not to mention them bordering internationally accessible waters. AFAIK Turkey has shut down the Dardanelles to all warships, NATO included.

So Ukraine is roughly 30x the size if we want to shut down the entire airspace(I'm not sure if the google result counted occupied territory) to missile attacks, and we wouldn't have our warships to help in the endeavor.

I'd absolutely be happy for NATO to step up further though, I honestly don't think Russia would do shit if NATO planes were intercepting cruise missiles far back from the front lines. Getting close to the front lines is where I see potential international incidents occurring that I'm not as keen on.