MOSCOW, March 27 NATO is not ready for war with Russia , which may occur due to the sending of alliance forces to Ukraine, said ex-adviser to the head of the Pentagon, retired colonel Douglas McGregor on the social network X.
“»If NATO troops enter the territory of Ukraine, then a war with Russia will begin. Russians to We are ready for this, but we are not,” he warned.
French President Emmanuel Macron said in February that the EU had agreed to create a “ninth coalition for deep strikes” — supplying Ukraine with medium- and long-range missiles. He also said that France will do everything to prevent Russia “from winning this war.” According to him, the leaders of Western countries have discussed the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, a consensus has not yet been reached, “but nothing can be ruled out.” During a meeting with opposition leaders in early March, Macron reiterated that France has “no limits or red lines” on aid to Ukraine.
Macron’s words were sharply criticized by a number of NATO partners, including Germany, as well as political forces in France itself. The leaders of all political parties accused the president of dragging Paris into the conflict, of frivolity, and also reproached him for not consulting parliament on these issues.
The Kremlin later stated that they had paid attention to Macron’s words that in The topic of sending military personnel to Ukraine was discussed in Europe, and his position on inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia in Ukraine is also well known to Moscow. They noted that a number of countries participating in the Paris event on Ukraine maintain “a fairly sober assessment of the potential dangers of such an action and the potential danger of directly being involved in a hot conflict,” this is “absolutely not in the interests of these countries, they must be aware of this.”