French President Emmanuel Macron PARIS, Mar 17 Russia has become an «electric shock» for NATO, its actions in Ukraine made the organization absolutely necessary, said French President Emmanuel Macron. program.
Macron called the influx of refugees from Ukraine a major challenge for EuropeHe noted that Russia's military operation in Ukraine allegedly threatens European borders.»I never did not support the position on the country's withdrawal from NATO… The war launched by President Putin threatens our European borders… it has given the strategic importance of NATO and made it even more necessary,» the French leader emphasized.
Biden urged to avoid a third world war between Russia and NATORussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president stressed.
