A “real threat” of nuclear war, with its “tragic consequences” of “destruction of civilization”, if the West sent military contingents to Ukraine.
Thus Vladimir Putin responded, in his annual speech to the nation this Thursday, February 29, to the hypothesis raised by Emmanuel Macron, following a meeting Monday at the Élysée of the allied countries of Kiev, to send troops to Ukrainian soil.
Even if he did not mention the French president by name, he alluded, to make things clear, to the Napoleonic defeats!
This is not the first time since the outbreak of the invasion two years ago that the Russian president has raised this supreme threat, with the aim of dissuading Europeans and Americans from helping the Ukrainians.
Without success so far, since military and economic support has on the contrary continued to increase.
As proof, a person familiar with the matter points out that deep Ukrainian strikes, using Western weapons, destroyed strategic fuel depots, more than 1000 km inside the Russian border.
“It was unimaginable two years ago, delivering such means constituted a red line,” insists this source.
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