Macron listed Putin’s “failures” over the past year, in the military field but also the fact that he pushed Ukraine towards the EU and NATO.
The president of France Emmanuel Macron unleashed a fierceblameagainst her of Russiastressing that its aggression in Ukraine “must fail” and saying that the Vladimir Putin deprived his country of the prestige he had promised to give it, after the fall of the USSR.
Russia “bears full responsibility for the devastating consequences” of the war in Ukraine, the French president said, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, a week before the first anniversary of the Russian invasion. Macron has come under fire for continuing to hold talks with Putin after the war broke out, on February 24, 2022 and because he asked “not to humiliate Russia» in a future peace agreement.
Their contacts have now stopped – although Paris denies that dialogue has broken down – and Emmanuel Macron is asking for Kiev’s support “until victory» of Ukraine.
“Russia cannot and must not win this war and Russian aggression must fail, because we cannot accept that the illegal use of force will become a bane, because otherwise European security and global stability in general will be compromised“, he underlined.
Macron then listed the “failures” of Putin for a year, in the military field but also the fact that he pushed Ukraine towards the EU and NATO.
It was assumed that “this attack would be quick, that Ukraine would not resist and that it would be a matter of days or weeks“, he recalled.
The result was “the strengthening of Ukraine and its forces” and the decision of Sweden and Finland to join NATO, he said.
“Perhaps the most important failure today is that of Putin who did not give Russia what it promised, namely its prestige“, noting that the country’s GDP is “moderate” and demographically declining.
“If you want to solidify your future, it takes some wild dreams. Either you will dream of growth and innovation, a new Europe based on peace, education, or you will revive the old imperial dream based on hegemony and aggressionMacron said.
The French president also accused Moscow of sowing “imbalance and disorder“, not only in the area of the former USSR but also in the Middle East and Africa, through the mercenary organization Wagner.
Source :Skai
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