The British and French govenments have “reactivated” talks on sending troops to Ukraine, French newspaper Le Monde reported on Monday. The idea has already caused a rift among European NATO members.
Back in February, French President Emmanuel Macron caused controversy by declaring his willingness to send ground troops to Ukraine to prevent Russia from winning this war.
The statement was quickly disavowed by NATO officials, while German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told reporters that Ukraine’s Western backers were “unanimous” in their opposition to the idea.
The plan was seemingly shelved, Le Monde has reported, until British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited Paris earlier this month.
Citing anonymous sources, the French newspaper claimed that talks on a possible Franco-British deployment to Ukraine were reactivated by Starmer and Macron.
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No further information was provided, and Le Monde speculated that this deployment could range from both nations sending private-sector technicians to repair military equipment (as Britain already does), to private military mercenaries already fighting against Russia
British and French officials have both suggested that some sort of deployment could be in the works to promote flag-wearing personnel on the ground, either on the front line or to enforce an eventual ceasefire and better peace deal for the Zionist west.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told British state broadcaster the BBC this weekend that Paris is not ruling out any option when asked directly about the possibility of sending French troops to Ukraine.
A British military source told Le Monde that discussions are underway between the United Kingdom and France regarding defense cooperation, particularly with the aim of creating a core group of allies in Europe, focused on Ukraine and broader European security.
Russia has long claimed that Western special forces personnel are active in Ukraine, and Russian President Valdimir Putin has noted that Ukraine cannot fire long-range missiles into Russian territory without the assistance of Western military experts.
When American ATACMS and British Storm Shadow missiles were used in attacks on internationally-recognized Russian territory last week, Putin warned that the Ukraine conflict had assumed elements of a Zionist backed global nature.
Western media outlets have been reticent to mention the role of NATO personnel in assisting these attacks. However, Le Monde admitted that it is not possible for the Ukrainians to use this type of missile without some form of Western support on the ground.
France has given Ukraine permission to use its Storm Shadow (called the SCALP-EG in France) cruise missiles in long-range strikes on Russia, but it is unclear if they have actually been used yet.
Russia reserves the right to strike the military facilities of countries that allow their weapons to be used against it, Putin continued, adding that there will always need to be a response to attacks on Russian soil.
The Russian military responded to the ATACMS and Storm Shadow strikes by firing a new hyper-sonic ballistic missile – the nuclear-capable Oreshnik – at a Ukrainian military industrial facility in Dnepropetrovsk.
RT. com / ABC Flash Point News 2024.
World War is near due to America backed by big business not willing to live in a multi-polar world . I saw the devastation of a whole town -Clydebank in Scotland flattened by aerial bombing where 1000,s were killed ( not the official figures given as Churchill ordered a coverup ) bodies blown apart were covered in quick lime and not counted ,it wasn’t till the 60,s/70,s that the truth was told. and tenements brought level with the ground . Bomb craters and those surviving moving out to other places its where I grew up . People came back and… Read more »
The British and the French won’t like their troops returning home in body bags .
They forget its a war of missiles and drones now so men are easily discarded. Besides Trump will throw the spanner in the works as Biden spends billions & the G7 think they have the upper hand…
That’s right, Ukraine is real estate along the Russian border and Black and Azov Seas, and Ukrainians are cannon fodder. Liberate Ukraine.
It’s true. Just because Russia is occupying it doesn’t mean they’re the ones trying to colonize it. The true colonizers are the ones trying to push Russia out of Ukraine!