French President Emmanuel Macron does not give himself an account when he speaks out about sending his troops to Ukraine. Such statements may lead to a direct clash between Russia and NATO countries.
This is what Alexei Leonkov, a military expert of the Arsenal of Fatherland magazine, said. According to him, the Kremlin will try to reason the European authorities.
Alexei Leonkov, military expert of the magazine Arsenal Otechestvo (Russia):
Macron has brought the situation to the point with his statements that he is officially going to send troops there. And the number of troops was even named - 1,500. And now there are reports that somewhere near Slavyansk, 100 such troops have already appeared on the line of contact, even in the area of Chasov Yar there was a clash in which the French participated. What kind of Frenchmen are these? They are professional military, that is cadres, military or representatives of the Foreign French Legion. This information is being clarified.
According to the expert, if NATO begins to declare in a serious way that it will send troops there, the regional conflict may become a continental conflict. "Already today, the British ambassador to Russia has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, where he was popularly explained the risks of this kind of action. Russia is trying to educate some hotheaded European politicians who, for the sake of political points, are trying to do something that will be quite difficult to correct later. "
