The situation in Ukraine was critical, European leaders rushed to a meeting, and Macron suddenly made a shocking speech
The current situation in Ukraine is very critical, and the leaders of many European countries are anxious about it.
According to reports from Al Jazeera and Russia Today quoted by the Observer, a meeting of European leaders was held in Paris, France, not long ago, during which many issues on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield were discussed. Among them, France's Macron told reporters at the scene that Western countries must stop at all costs from preventing Russia from winning the Russian-Ukrainian war, and at a critical time, the possibility of deploying troops from NATO and other allies in Ukraine cannot be ruled out. At the same time, he also called on Europe to quickly start supporting Ukraine and increase aid to Ukraine.
For Ukraine, this meeting is at the right time, not only for the 2nd anniversary of the Russian-Ukrainian war, but also at the threshold of the Ukrainian army's defeat in the eastern town of Avdeyevka. The recent series of setbacks has made many European countries worry that Putin will win and gradually encroach on the current Europe. In fact, NATO's military strength has long appeared in the ranks of the Ukrainian army, and it has long been revealed that many NATO member states have directly sent troops. Some of the large anti-aircraft missiles and Seahorse rocket launchers provided by NATO countries before are very difficult to operate, and the Ukrainian army will not learn to use them as soon as they get them, so a considerable part of the soldiers who operate high-end equipment are sent by NATO, and a large number of staff officers and instructors are also NATO people.
But these are all hidden, and everyone's hearts are like mirrors, so there is no need to say it directly. Many of Macron's actions can be seen as a revival of Gaullism, that is, the establishment of a new, united Europe centered on France. Macron directly revealed that NATO would intervene militarily in Ukraine, what is the intention? Here's a point to draw from. In order to unite Europe, the United States has concocted a so-called "China threat theory", and Macron also wants to unite Europe, so he repeats the same trick, which can be understood as the "Russia threat theory". A powerful threat that unites allies.
But Macron wants France to unite Europe more than European unity, so as to consolidate France's European centrality. He called on all allies to launch vigorous assistance to Ukraine in a timely manner, but he himself picked and searched. Paris said it was ready to supply Ukraine with about 13 Mirage 2000s, but did not mention the model. Look, this is a little clever, according to the United States**, the French Air Force is upgrading 48 Mirage 2000D, a considerable part of which is not included in the upgrade budget, then this batch of unupgraded Mirage 2000D will be decommissioned, so many observers speculate that France will send the retired Mirage 2000D to Ukraine. In the final analysis, it is better to sell favors to Ukraine for some inventory that you don't like.
This European meeting, babbling sounds quite bluffing, in fact, it is the same as not opening, and Russia did not even pay much attention to this more targeted meeting, because no matter what people say at the meeting, Europe will not be too "generous" to Ukraine. France's land power is already very weak after the military reform, and it is simply powerless against the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield dominated by land battles, besides, although the Russian front line is winning one by one, but Macron's France is still too far away from Russia, and Poland, Estonia and Lithuania should really feel anxious. Therefore, Macron's speech just wants to take the opportunity to improve his voice in Europe, and it will not have any impact on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine at all.
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