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highplainsdem

(55,565 posts)
Sun Mar 16, 2025, 07:33 PM Mar 16

Macron says Russia's permission not needed to deploy troops in Ukraine

Source: The Guardian

Emmanuel Macron has said France, the UK, and other nations providing security guarantees for Ukraine after any eventual ceasefire would not be aiming to deploy a “mass” of soldiers, but instead could send contingents of several thousand troops to key locations in Ukraine without needing Russia’s permission.

The French president told regional French newspapers, including Le Parisien and La Dépêche de Midi, that “several European countries, and indeed non-European ones” had “expressed their willingness” to join a possible deployment to Ukraine to secure a future peace agreement with Russia.

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Macron added in the interview on Saturday that the proposed contingents from countries that were members of the Nato alliance would serve as “a guarantee of security” for Ukraine and that “several European nations, and also non-European, have expressed their willingness to join such an effort when it is confirmed”.

He added: “Under no circumstances can the Ukrainians make territorial concessions without having any security guarantees.”

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/16/macron-says-russias-permission-not-needed-to-deploy-troops-in-ukraine

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SheltieLover

(66,950 posts)
3. He is right. Ukraine does NOT belong to pootin & no territorial concessions should be made!
Sun Mar 16, 2025, 07:39 PM
Mar 16

Why reward ghe bully? Hell no!

Emrys

(8,599 posts)
5. I don't recall Putin asking for anyone's permission to deploy North Korean troops in battle n/t
Sun Mar 16, 2025, 08:06 PM
Mar 16

mdbl

(6,295 posts)
6. I guess he must of forgot about that
Sun Mar 16, 2025, 08:14 PM
Mar 16

No he didn't. He's just your average war criminal.

Botany

(73,949 posts)
7. Hey Vlad,
Sun Mar 16, 2025, 09:02 PM
Mar 16

Suck it.

❤️ Macron.

Btw the Russians are getting their asses kicked. The Ukrainian Drone Forces are wicked
Even a single Russian or N. Korean soldier can now be hunted down with suicide drones.

ancianita

(40,353 posts)
9. That right there is all Macron has to say for Putin to know terms of engagement are now changed.
Sun Mar 16, 2025, 09:49 PM
Mar 16

He's hearing from a nuclear power. If the Russians love their children too, he'd better listen.

maxsolomon

(36,391 posts)
14. Given the current recruiting crisis, it's not out of the question.
Mon Mar 17, 2025, 01:19 PM
Mar 17

Covid kids DGAF about the military.

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