On the way to kyiv this Friday, May 9 with its main European allies, Emmanuel Macron returned to Parisian about the proposal to send European troops to Ukraine to guarantee the security of the country, once the hostilities stopped.
“You must understand that credibility does not go through the Mass. The largest army in Europe today is Ukraine, one million combatants, with mobilization. No other army can have such mass. The key is to have troops in Ukraine,” he said.
“It can be a few thousand, but not a few hundred thousand. The debate is not the amount. The debate is to say that we will be there to guarantee a presence of reinsurance, in the second curtain, in the air or at strategic points away from the front line. Above all, we are there to sign solidarity,” he abused the head of the statement of the state that the discussion “continues” with his subject.
In a joint statement at the end of their meeting in the Ukrainian capital, the leaders of France, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom and Ukraine “emphasized the crucial importance of strengthening the defense and security forces of Ukraine.”
“A reinsurance force (contingent) must also constitute a key element of security guarantees for Ukraine,” is reiterated in the elysée statement.
An ultimatum raised to Russia
Ukraine and its main European allies, in concert with the United States, headed this Saturday, May 10, an ultimatum to Russia to accept a high “complete and unconditional” fire of 30 days from Monday, failure that Moscow would be exposed to new “massive” western “mass sanctions.
“We have to think about it. This is a new development,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov on American Television CNN, according to the official Russian press. “But trying to press is completely useless,” he added.
According to the French president, around twenty member countries of a “voluntary coalition” of support in Ukraine, which exchanged videoconference with the leaders gathered in kyiv around Volodymyr Zelensky Ukrainians, decided to support a high fire “30 days,” with monitoring mainly for the United States of America “and what” all Europeans will be contribution. “
If Russia rejects this high fire or accepts it, but violates it, “we are approved that mass sanctions would be prepared and coordinated between Europeans and Americans,” he said.
Ukraine has already formulated a proposal for a 30 -day truce several times in Ukraine in recent weeks, but rejected by Russia, who first wants commitments to his requests, in particular that Western arms delivery in kyiv ceases.
Source: BFM TV
