Russia on Thursday criticized French President Emmanuel Macron for an address this week in which he mulled extending France’s nuclear umbrella to European partners.
In a speech to the French nation on Wednesday, Macron called Russia a “threat to France and Europe” and said the French were “legitimately worried” about the United States shifting its position on the Ukraine conflict under US President Donald Trump.
“Every day, he makes some absolutely... contradictory statements” which are “detached from reality,” Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said of Macron.
Moscow's opponents may wish to return to the era of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, but they often overlook how that history chapter ended, President Vladimir Putin stated during a meeting with female employees and beneficiaries of the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation.
"Some people still want to revert to the times of Napoleon, forgetting how it all concluded," Putin remarked.
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Russia has said that it views comments by French President Emmanuel Macron about extending his country's nuclear deterrent to other European countries as a "threat".
ReplyDeleteResponding, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that some people had forgotten what happened to Napoleon Bonaparte.
ReplyDeleteHe was referring to the French emperor who invaded the Russian Empire in 1812 in a disastrous six-month military campaign that ended in victory for Russia and a major loss of life.
"There are still people who want to go back to the times of Napoleon, forgetting how it ended," Mr Putin said, without mentioning President Macron by name.