On behalf of the Macron government, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian advised Putin to step cautiously.
Drian made the comments during a French television appearance on Thursday.
He was questioned if Putin’s comments amounted to “threats of Russian nuclear weapons use in the Ukraine conflict.”
He said, “Yes, I believe Vladimir Putin must also understand that the Atlantic alliance is a nuclear alliance.”
He ominously cautioned, “That is all I will say about this.”
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Reuters reports: Speaking from the Kremlin on Thursday morning as he launched the Russian military’s invasion of Ukraine, Putin said Russia would respond instantly if any external force tried to interfere with its actions.
“Whoever tries to hinder us, and even more so, to create threats to our country, to our people, should know that Russia’s response will be immediate. And it will lead you to such consequences that you have never encountered in your history,” the Russian president said.
Western leaders on Thursday threatened unprecedented economic sanctions against Russia, but none have argued for a NATO-led military intervention to defend Ukraine.
Ukraine is not a NATO ally, and the alliance is not treaty-bound to protect it.
Asked why NATO member states — which in past decades have intervened militarily in non-NATO countries such as Afghanistan, Libya and former Yugoslavia — are refusing to put soldiers on the ground in Ukraine, Le Drian said: “That is not what the Ukrainians are asking us”.
He said Ukraine is asking for humanitarian and financial help, as well as military equipment, which the West has provided and will continue to provide.
Asked what weaponry NATO could provide, Le Drian said “they have made a list and we are studying that list in order to meet their requests as soon as possible”.
Asked whether Europe and NATO could continue to rule out a military response despite the presence of Russian soldiers in Ukraine and Putin’s threat of nuclear apocalypse, Le Drian said sanctions will be more efficient.
“Strangling Russia economically and financially will in the long run be stronger than any intervention,” the foreign minister said.
French President as useless as Canada Truedeau etal. Be careful what you say Frenchies, Russia can drop a 100 nukes on your shithole country and Vlad could care less.
Macron is a WEF puppet…
And tomorrow he will do what France does best: Surrender.
you mean like you after the 6th of jan, obese trailer trash ?
magaboomer is dumb and ignorant enough to know that France has nukes and could wiper out russia (or your trailer park) too
We al know France has nukes, but as far as wiping out Russia, maybe you need to rethink that statement!
No way. Macron is as big a pussy as Trudeau. He aint gonna do shit!
5 minutes later….France surrenders.
ok magatard now tell us more about your “resistance’ to your stolen election, fat cucks
Tell us how you really feel.
truth hurt, magatard ? hilarious to see you babbling about surrender when it took only a fire shot to make you all bend for biden pathetic wimps
the French people have ZERO interest in another zionist war in their homeland, on their dime, and by their own children. non, but merci, micron.
Of course the world is being more careful of provoking Russia because they have nukes. No one in their right mind wants nuclear war and Russia has plans to use nukes if they are losing a war. An unstable man might just start a nuclear war and Putin is not acting sane right now.
Macron is a clown. Good for nothing globalist…
The biggest threat to this world is
Ignorance
Not a time to be showing it.