EU trembles before Putin's plan: sensitive report on Macron's move for NATO soldiers in Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron and Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) are at odds over the Ukraine conflict.
Putin apparently wants to recruit up to 150,000 more soldiers for military service. The number mentioned could be interpreted as an indication of a next Russian offensive in the summer of 2024. Putin allegedly wants to create a corridor on the Black Sea to the breakaway and Moscow-friendly Transnistria in Moldova and thus deny Kiev access to the sea.