Macron floats Ukraine troop deployment if frontline breached • FRANCE 24 English
French President Emmanuel Macron said the question of sending Western troops to Ukraine would "legitimately" arise if Russia broke through Ukrainian front lines and Kyiv made such a request, in an interview with the Economist published Thursday.
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I believe Macron is sincere. He should deploy the troops and personally lead the charge at the front line.
@truthseeker8581
14 күн бұрын
Charge of the light brigade bis?
@kwtinternational4451
14 күн бұрын
Blown up before the charge lol… Russia is bombing everything they see
@Crabman-nq1bb
14 күн бұрын
He'll be charging unscathed, believe it or not. Ukraine never lost a single soldier this year. Ask the Ukrainian soldiers they'll confirm what I said. The Russians however lost 4 million so the casualty ratio so far is 300,000 to 1.
@roelvaneyken211
14 күн бұрын
@@truthseeker8581Those were British...
@babahanuman83
14 күн бұрын
He can try to ride to Moscow like Napoleon did😂
How are the French supposed to train Ukrainian soldiers when the army of Ukraine has ten times the combat experience of France in real-combat environment?
@WarriorsDepartoutNews
14 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@alexbort3082
14 күн бұрын
The french will train the Ukrainians to surrender
@summer031977
14 күн бұрын
Great question.
@peabase
14 күн бұрын
I suppose it matters what you've experienced while in combat.
@summer031977
14 күн бұрын
@@peabase What have the French troops experienced in combat that the Ukrainian troops haven't experienced in more than two years of fighting?
France lasted 1.5 month in ww2, and we are not talking about exploiting defenseless Africans here anymore you know.
@ShadowPhoenixMaximus
14 күн бұрын
Russian terrorist state simps for African terrorists now? Why is that not surprising?
@martinarijsbergen4270
14 күн бұрын
It’s not 1940 anymore and bringing up Africa is below the belt,Russia is running amok down there right at this moment! Apart from that it would be great if the French would bolster the Ukrainian army that very much needed!
@samuellopesbaule5745
14 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@peabase
14 күн бұрын
Within a similar timeframe in WW2, Germany took far larger swathes of Soviet territory than France. That happened after the Fall of France, so the Soviet Union should've been forewarned. Also, by 19th century standards, Napoleon waged quite a Blitzkrieg against Russia, which barely offered battle.
@unitedstatesofarabia22
14 күн бұрын
Putin put a stop to little macaroni's African natural resources theft. Putin helped throw the French out of Africa, and he's keeping them out. Little macaroni is mad like a dawg because he's going broke.
Napoleon didn't fare well in Russia and Macron is not Napoleon.
@raquetdude
14 күн бұрын
Poland burnt down the capital… so yeah
@charlesbrightman4237
14 күн бұрын
In all seriousness Earthlings, isn't it better to remove 1 dictator like Putin from power rather than to have many more Earthlings suffer and be removed from the living?
@captainchaoscow
14 күн бұрын
Светослав - it's ok. As a Bulgarian you are obliged to be grateful to Russia. They liberated you, gave you a language and and the cyrillic alphabet. So Bulagaria is somehow an invention of the Russians. That's when my Russian friends explain Buglaria to me. It's better to be silent.
@felipe-vibor
14 күн бұрын
@@raquetdudeand suffered centuries of consequences. No wonder the bitterness
@mr.heisenberg1570
14 күн бұрын
Macron never said that he wanted to invade Russia tho
They’ve been breaching the front lines, what is he waiting for???
@WarriorsDepartoutNews
14 күн бұрын
Hollywood training style 😂😂😂😂
@ShadowPhoenixMaximus
14 күн бұрын
Is that what 16,000 causalities to take a pile of rubble looks like?
@lebaneseshawarmadelicacy4099
14 күн бұрын
Balls.. that the French dont have.. 😂
@saedtoma315
14 күн бұрын
He is waiting for Santa 🎅
@Ramram-mw8jf
14 күн бұрын
Go ahead sir go ahead I'll watch or read about your country too. 🤔 foolishness
The French will be like Challenger tanks, they will be deployed far from the front.
@jessicaelvis225
14 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@ngangavictor5556
14 күн бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@nzr4699
14 күн бұрын
Yes, that's true, but they could free up thousands of Ukrainian troops guarding quiet border posts.
Go for it Napoleon Macron , Wish you luck 🎉🎉🎉😂
@7up-dp1kk
14 күн бұрын
I don’t what is funny. We are talking confrontation with Russia. It is not funny at all, it means war. I don’t think we will have fun, I don’t think neither Russi will find it funny neither. This means war.
@peabase
14 күн бұрын
So, you think Macron will soon make his way to a burning Moscow?
@joyaku3078
14 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@OniksR
12 күн бұрын
@@7up-dp1kkthere will be no war, as soon as France enters the war without NATO support, completely different toys will fly around the French capital than those that fly around Ukraine.
Dude went from being the peace negotiator to be the first western country to send troops to the front line 😢
@ftwyeah
14 күн бұрын
EU elections are near and he is falling way behind.
@RRRRR15
14 күн бұрын
well you can't negotiate peace with a crazy person. it is good he changed his mind after trying
He can do it and stop making noises about it. The French fries have already been dying in Ukraine for about 2 years.
@RUTHLESSambition5
14 күн бұрын
NOBODY is scared of the french😂😂 in France last big battle it resulted in occupation
@Palestinec500
14 күн бұрын
@@RUTHLESSambition5😂
He just wants attention 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Macron should enlist in the Ukrainian army instead. The French should not die in a crazy proxy war.
@stephenmuir5030
14 күн бұрын
It's not a "proxy" war. That's Kremlin propaganda, for the fact is Russia invaded Ukraine, so Ukraine is not the "proxy" acting at someone else's behest, but is involved directly, in its own right because Russia chose to attack it.
@MegaGehendra
14 күн бұрын
Who said this?
His pain is not what's going on in Ukraine, it's what's on in West Africa. However, good luck Macron...when are your ships leaving?
The French voted for Macron, but elected Micron.
@cristiangaban960
14 күн бұрын
The Russians didn't vote for a dictator, but elected a dictator.Multiple times.
@kmetofficial5800
14 күн бұрын
The people don’t elect presidents. Democracy is a smoked screen
@joem0088
14 күн бұрын
Can I borrow this one ?
@12Hitler
14 күн бұрын
😂😅😅😅😅😅
@cristiangaban960
14 күн бұрын
@@joem0088 Phuket, just steal it.
French troops that can’t even defeat small insurgents in Africa how can they defeat a conventional army 🙄.
Peace to Ukraine!
He will doom France... what is wrong with him.
@jkfdkjjd
14 күн бұрын
Doom France? LOL
@coldturkey5333
13 күн бұрын
@@jkfdkjjd He is literally getting booed every time he makes a public appearance
@larsrons7937
13 күн бұрын
Hiw? Are you also a flat-earther?
@oberleutnant4013
11 күн бұрын
Macron works for bankers.
"..you can't take anything Russia says to be true.." but you definitely can swallow whatever Ukraine and the West says? Am I understanding that correctly propagandist? Ok.
@Dr.Mabuse44
14 күн бұрын
They have been training and educating us in this sense for several decades, so some results have to be positive.
@cchcch-jw9dw
14 күн бұрын
Welcome to the Government ran media my friend. And they tell you the West is free and democratic... 😅
If he sents troops to Ukronzis, Immediately Paris will be...well, you know.
Why Is he even suggesting this? He knows what’s going to happen if the troops are deployed.
@mindbomb9341
14 күн бұрын
What will happen?
@parkerburrus289
14 күн бұрын
@@mindbomb9341 Nuclear war
@SumitGaming-
14 күн бұрын
@@mindbomb9341 Europe will be in deep trouble for sure.
@mindbomb9341
13 күн бұрын
In trouble with whom? R@55'a? LOL I am a European and I am all for going in.
@fatmanjstyle5306
13 күн бұрын
@@mindbomb9341 Going into what? If nuclear warheads are involved then there won’t be much fighting.
History repeats itself
@andrewwhite-kk9fs
14 күн бұрын
History never stopped.
if Ukraine Frontline is breach and France, independently, sends troop, Russia would be in their right to declare war on France, as Russia was not the initiator and Nato countries should not be forced to get involved. Or maybe I'm wrong
@kristianTV1974
14 күн бұрын
You are wrong, potato
@JusticeGranville-uk8ww
14 күн бұрын
Don't u call him that...😂@@kristianTV1974
@Loreless
14 күн бұрын
@@kristianTV1974 he is right
@RRRRR15
14 күн бұрын
this is not a computer game. the countries can join if they want
@5FingerDisco
10 күн бұрын
@@RRRRR15 it's not a computer game... It CANT be reset once NATO forces deploy and the Nukes start flying... ?
The whole world is watching you, macron. Go, go. Messiah Macron😂
@7up-dp1kk
14 күн бұрын
Thanks. I am sure it is true. And I am sure that when we’ll go all the world will be watching.
@sarahkragness7138
11 күн бұрын
troll
He hasn't ruled out having cornflakes for breakfast either. He needs to put up or shut up.
Is he also going to send his son's along side the french army to fight in Ukraine 🤭
As soon as France planned to send troops to Ukraine the US suddenly has information of Russia using chemical weapons
@MarincaGheorghe
14 күн бұрын
That use was mentioned many times in the last year.
@welfordalonso2349
14 күн бұрын
😂😂😂 French will come out in ukraine, a zombie's it they try to come in?...😅😅😅
@ShadowPhoenixMaximus
14 күн бұрын
As soon as the West makes a statement on supplies to Ukraine, Putin pulls out the nuclear card and rambles about "escalation".
@frankdipadua7116
14 күн бұрын
@@MarincaGheorghe they're referring to tear gas as chemical weapons. But there was very credible evidence Ukrainiane used nerve agents against Russia... Radio silence
@gioreda5126
14 күн бұрын
The West will use any dirt tactic now,because they know they are loosing!!
Macron is so interested in sending troops to Ukraine. How would he react if Russia sent troops to France
@fatmanjstyle5306
14 күн бұрын
WW3 in both cases
@Palestinec500
14 күн бұрын
Надеюсь Макрон сам лично приедет воевать с нами, посмотрим из какого теста сделан этот Макарон 😅
Macron come and test Russian troops and there capabilities 😅
He thinks it is Ivory cost or Lybia. Good luck Napoléon Macron
@peabase
14 күн бұрын
Napoleon is considered one of the greatest military minds in the history of warfare. I think you're being too kind to Macron, who managed to avoid serving in the military.
When was the last time France won a war? The Russians must be so scared.😂😂
@lazurusknight2724
14 күн бұрын
WWII. They won WWII, along with the rest of the allies.
@PROGAMER-dv2rq
14 күн бұрын
@@lazurusknight2724 No one else went in there.
@Odah_
12 күн бұрын
France has won the most wars of any country in the world, so count basically all the wars that happened in Europe.
@Africanchild825
12 күн бұрын
@@Odah_ Your are missing the point.When was the LAST time they won any of their wars?.They have been on quite a losing streak for while.🤣
Maybe we shouldn't of engineered a violent coup in Ukraine in 2014. That's what set all this in motion.
@peabase
14 күн бұрын
"We shouldn't of [sic] engineered" says it all. You can't even engineer a correct English sentence.
@Hydemic
11 күн бұрын
@@peabase He has a point.
@peabase
11 күн бұрын
@@Hydemic You should become his English tutor.
kyiv been requesting all countries boots on ground from long time
Is this the new narrative now? Chemical weapons… 😮
@RRRMeowWoof-sp1rc
14 күн бұрын
Уже не знают что придумать. А про биолаборатории на территории Украины все забыли уже? Что там делали США в них?
@emmanuelobuna6084
14 күн бұрын
The narrative is poor and Putin doesn't care about that.
Yeah go ahead Macron but don't depend on the U.S to help you when you regret that move! Ukraine is not a NATO member! What part don't you understand?
@RRRRR15
14 күн бұрын
so france can't decide if they want to help? you decide that?
@KonsaiAsTai
13 күн бұрын
@@RRRRR15 France can help, but they can't send NATO or "Western" troops, which is exactly what the coward intends to do. He can send french troops for all I care and sacrifice his people's lives for a long lost war. Let's see how long the public will stand for that nonsense.
@andresxhs752
11 күн бұрын
@@RRRRR15 you should go and help. You're so fond of it in the comments...
When the United States says others are using chemical weapons, that usually means we or our vassals are using them 😉
😂😂 United States , will accuse Russia for igniting the riots in universities on American soil 😂😂😂
@yezchjjiu
14 күн бұрын
Speak English, how much putin paying you? @@RRRMeowWoof-sp1rc
@roelvaneyken211
14 күн бұрын
You mean, like Russia accused Ukraine of the Moscow terror attacks?
@thondoyaenterprise3795
13 күн бұрын
@@roelvaneyken211 its not accusations, its fact UKRAINE had a hand in it.
@sarahkragness7138
11 күн бұрын
No, sorry... that's HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH, the AIC, and the Iranian agents planted in damn near every large university in the country. A news program about an hour ago mentioned that 91 people were arrested in California - 51 were real students, the other 40 were OUTSIDERS.
Treaties broken? Was it not Macron who signed the Minsk Accords, which according to Merkel and others, they had no intention of honouring! Chemical weapons? Are they winning or losing? Is this like the attack on the Zaporishia nuclear plant? 😂
@joaopembeleosman118
14 күн бұрын
How can a winning side uses chemical weapons not other way around ? West leaders are crooks
Really Mr France? I thought west machines are becoming a museum trophy for Russia now
@andrewwhite-kk9fs
14 күн бұрын
You are obviously ignorant about the nature of anti-armor weapons in the modern world.
@Palestinec500
14 күн бұрын
@@andrewwhite-kk9fsприезжай в москву у нас как раз выставка западной помощи Украине , много чего интересного есть )
WEF warmongering.
@captainchaoscow
14 күн бұрын
Afraid Ivan?
@alexanderlazarev3570
14 күн бұрын
@@captainchaoscow Never Fritz.
@ivanivanov-qi1el
14 күн бұрын
@@captainchaoscow if you read books you should know the answer
@badbadbadcat
14 күн бұрын
@@captainchaoscow Macron is acting afraid and you're asking this to a random KZread commenter? Go ask Macron why he's panicking
He is just of his mind
Talk is cheap macroni cheese
Russia is not Niger or Mali or any of other african states that you have been exploiting for so long. It is a nuclear superpower .Don't push them too far
France has a over-population problem? of the 1'000 soldiers sent to Ukraine. the first hundred soldiers, 40 were eliminated, the rest were hospitalized. it was quite a welcome extended by Russia.
@cristiangaban960
14 күн бұрын
They didn't send any soldiers , those are mercenaries.
@willengel-vs8ht
14 күн бұрын
@@cristiangaban960 it makes no difference to incoming missile.
@cristiangaban960
14 күн бұрын
@@willengel-vs8ht It makes a difference if they are gonna send the regular army with all the equipment. It also makes a difference if that sets an example for other EU countries.
Macron is asking for trouble.
@truthseeker8581
14 күн бұрын
That is putting in mildly! Waterloo bis!
@scch4056
14 күн бұрын
They want trouble / chaos
@oberleutnant4013
11 күн бұрын
Macron serves his banker masters.
Noise maker😂😂
Macron is a loose canon.
@oberleutnant4013
11 күн бұрын
He just follows orders.
okkkk...its time to laugh😅🤣😂
"Imagine a King who Fights his Own Battles." - Achilles
Old tricks..when lóosing always try to play the card of chemical use 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Don't forget history!!
@peabase
14 күн бұрын
Which part exactly?
@larsrons7937
13 күн бұрын
Right. History shows that russia (apart from Argentina - sorry, Argentina) is the only country in the world that has collapsed twice in about the last hundred years. If any country is prone to collapse, it's russia - and it has begun. See the innfighting in the regime's very top? Dog eat dog. Be sure to stock up on popcorn.
What troops? Stop It, Macron, It's embarrassing.
Please provide military training to Macron n send him
Poor French Foreign Legionnaire will be sacrificed for a comedian🤡
@hiramabiff225
14 күн бұрын
Yes, putin is soo funny. I laugh at him every day.
@Africanchild825
14 күн бұрын
Well most of them are not French.Evidently their lives are expendable.Besides the French do have a reputation for losing wars.😂😂
The possible deflection of Russian glide bombs is five meters. Range depending on the type of bombs is 70-100 km. Why should the Russian Federation do something dirty?
@MarincaGheorghe
14 күн бұрын
Because it's RF ? You probably don't know about genocide/raping and kids kidnapping by now.
Crazy Macron
The French love the feeling of defeat.
How many lives have been lost before this suggestion
@Palestinec500
14 күн бұрын
Советую вам начать считать уже французские жизни отданные из-за поддержки наркомана Зеленского
First 7 french fries left the chat. Congrats my beloved french fries!!! Hopefully, there will be millions of you.
Macroni thought he was Napoleon I think so the Brandy one...😂😂😂😂😂
@peabase
14 күн бұрын
Try to get his name right. Baby steps...
@peabase
14 күн бұрын
@@SuckMyPlums What are you, his sock puppet?
Ukraine needs to move more of its troops to the frontline. France & other EU NATO nations could take up rear area functions & free up frontline forces. Also air defence systems could be brought into Ukraine & that would be a great defensive help.
@vanceofthetube
14 күн бұрын
Anything inside Ukraine can be blown into oblivion by Russia. But I guess more air defence systems would be a risk limiting factor.
@christopheropio3656
14 күн бұрын
What other types of air defense do you mean? IRIS-T was blown up just a couple of hours ago
@andresxhs752
11 күн бұрын
XD go ahead!
I hear French MREs are way better than Ukrainian ones. Ukrainians should enjoy them.
Instead peace talk than send army to fight,peace talk only solutions
lines will be breached is not if, but when and probably it will be soon.
What is "The Front line"?
France does not want this heat.
Where are the average Ukrainians citizens in all these . First Boris J now Macron.
How many french solders dose it take to defend France ?? Unknown, it has never happened
@Odah_
12 күн бұрын
Thanks for spreading your misinformation in the comments
imagine western , french soldiers coming home to France to their families in the thousands in bodybags. They even riot if gasoline price increased by 5 percent. It is not Russia who will destroy Paris in that case but French citizens
bro has legitimately lost his mind
Troops without artillery, craziness.
French troops will pass their final test then 😂😂
Conscript your own family first Emmanuel !
BREAKING NEWS ! According to very reliable Stephen Bryen (weapons & strategy) released just now France has, in fact, just sent first 100 of about 1400 specialist troops from 3rd Infantry Regiment of the French Foreign Legion to SLAVYANSK. These are in DIRECT front line support of 54th Independent Mechanised Brigade un that region. The French are said to have passed through Poland. This is a non endorsed NATO deployment of huge importance and seriousness to us in the West. How will Russia react to these Nato troops openly serving now in Ukraine. Yet silence maybe even shock in the western media till now !!
What is EU/NATO waiting for
Do it now! Send your air force, it would change everything overnight.
Yes it is a good to broach the idea to your constituents.
Like gene hackman in the enemy of the state..... GET IN THERE !
The real issue here is the use of chemical weapons by Russia.
Basically a declaration of war.
Wow! Among the leaders of democratic world, Macron is one and only decent brave hearted man. Cheers from Burma.
@lw1zfog
14 күн бұрын
😂🤣😂🤦🏽♂️🥴🤡
@LilyVla
13 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂
Ukraine is finished 😮😮
I've been observing Macron for the past months now and would come to the conclusion that the PM demonstrates foresight similar to that of Churchill with regard to the war in Ukraine. He is ahead several steps among his contemporaries with his conviction of sending troops to Ukraine. We need more of this for EU leadership insights for the security of the whole European region against the aggressive behavior of dictators such as Putin.
Great news, having strategic ambiguity is better than not.
Why
Never interrupt the enemy when he's invading you in the wintertime ..Tsar Alexander 1
Go Marconi go 🚶♀️ 👏 Huraaa
Then let us see if what will be the result of this war?
NATO 👎🔥
France will wave a white flag again 😅😅😅
@avb4805
14 күн бұрын
Like your grandpa in Dunkerk 😂
@Odah_
12 күн бұрын
Says an Ethiopian
its breached all the time like a house of cards so where is the french army at time for france to save the day.
Bravo Macron. I am from Poland and for the first time in my life I feel France is our ally. This feeling opens a gate for me to feel a true European ties. In the past i thought its immposible to call France a sister of Poland but now I see its possible. I would not mind more united Europe, even as a federation, only if France wont stop acting as our sister, while we are in danger.
Napoleon the Great 👍 France is Strong 🎉
an attack by one is an attack by all!
Deploy chefs. Oui like French cuisine 😋
Warmongers!
If France sends in troops against Russia, do Russia have the right to respond? If Macron then said the US have to respond as an attack on NATO?
Macron should first send in the troops and talk later.
Maybe if it was a football match …
Little men always try to look tough by their words rather than their actions.
Australia proposed and asked NATO for troops in Ukraine ten years ago. The idea was howled down with derision. What is the intellectual deficit in NATO that it takes 500000 casualties and 5000000 refugees for it to reach an inevitable conclusion ten years too late?
It really looks like europe inflicted these wounds on itself.