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French President Emmanuel Macron met with parliamentary parties on Thursday. During the meeting Macron said he was open to the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, as announced by, according to French newspaper L’Independant.

Fabien Roussel, a representative of the French Communist Party, said after the meeting that “Macron referenced a scenario that could lead to intervention [of French troops]: the advancement of the front towards Odesa or Kyiv.”

He noted that the French President showed parliamentarians maps of the possible directions of strikes by Russian troops in Ukraine.

Following the meeting, Jordan Bardella of the far-right National Rally party noted that “there are no restrictions and no red lines” in Macron’s approach.

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[-] summerof69@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

If French wanted to do that, they would be in Ukraine by now. But no, Macron is talking about Odessa and Kyiv, i.e. about very unrealistic targets as of today.

[-] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

There's been reports of Odessa being attacked with some type of long range explosive.
If you've been paying attention to the fronts, those usually indicate that Russia is putting boots on the ground soon.
Russia needs to close Ukrainian access to the sea. They're losing too many ships to the sea drones. They need to take Odessa to win.
It would be the biggest escalation in this war since the second invasion of 22.

[-] summerof69@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Russia has been using long range weapons for 2 years against targets all across Ukraine, including its Western border. So this is simply false:

those usually indicate that Russia is putting boots on the ground soon

But you would know that if you were:

paying attention to the fronts

But you clearly weren't. Russia can't do anything with Odessa, they spend months to take mere villages. And by take I mean destroy them.

[-] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 0 points 8 months ago

Why the instant hostility? This isn't reddit. Calm down

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