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| Russian Foreign Ministry warns France against participating in the conflict in Ukraine |
| 2024-05-23 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] France’s participation in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine will officially turn Paris into a side of the conflict, which will increase the risk of a clash between two nuclear powers, said Artyom Studennikov, director of the first European department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. According to him, the French military will become legitimate targets for the Russian Armed Forces. The diplomat expressed hope that sanity or the instinct of self-preservation will prevail among French politicians. At the same time, Russia is ready for any development of events, he emphasized. As Regnum reported, French President Emmanuel Macron previously made a number of statements about the possibility of Western countries sending troops to Ukraine. In particular, on May 2, he did not rule out that he would send French troops there if the Russian army broke through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned NATO countries against sending troops to Ukraine and stressed that the consequences for the interventionists would be tragic. In addition, the direct participation of NATO countries in the conflict could provoke a nuclear war, he noted. The day before, on May 21, exercises began in Russia to test the preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons. During the exercises, the Aerospace Forces will equip the Daggers with special warheads and move to the patrol area. As part of the first stage of the exercise, the tasks of obtaining ammunition for the Iskander and secretly advancing to the designated area are being worked out. On May 6, the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, on behalf of Putin, began preparations for exercises with missile formations of the Southern Military District, involving aviation and naval forces. During the exercises, the military will conduct activities to practice the preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons. The exercises are also a response to provocative statements and threats by certain Western officials, the Russian Ministry of Defense noted. |
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