The French president hinted at sending NATO troops to kyiv, while the British foreign secretary said Ukraine could attack Russia with British weapons.
The recent statements made by French President Emmanuel Macron and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron are part of a “verbal escalation” by Western officials, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday.
In an interview this week with The Economist, Macron set two key conditions for sending French troops to Ukraine: “If the Russians managed to break through the front lines” and if there was a “Ukrainian request.” The French president also outlined his “strategic objective” to ensure that Russia does not win in Ukraine, arguing that such a development would threaten European security.
Separately, former British Prime Minister and current Foreign Minister David Cameron told Reuters on Thursday that London would continue to send kyiv some $3 billion a year. “as long as it takes” and suggested that Ukraine had every right to use British weapons to strike targets deep within Russia.
In response to these comments, Peskov said that the statements made by Macron and Cameron represent a “very dangerous trend” this could threaten security on the continent.
“France, represented by the Head of State, continues to constantly raise the possibility of direct involvement on the ground in the conflict around Ukraine. This is a very dangerous trend, we are monitoring it closely. » said the Kremlin spokesperson.
As for Cameron’s claim that kyiv can use British weapons to attack Russia, Peskov warned that such “verbal escalation” around the Ukrainian conflict could “potentially constitute a danger for European security and for the entire European security architecture”.
Despite these “concerning” trends, the Kremlin spokesperson insisted that Moscow would continue its special military operation in Ukraine until all its objectives were achieved.
Earlier this week, Peskov also addressed concerns expressed by a number of European leaders over an alleged Russian attack once the Ukraine conflict ends. The spokesperson reiterated that Moscow had neither the intention nor the interest in targeting European countries and dismissed the accusations as “horror story” invented to distract people from the internal problems of their own country.
“European capitals are escalating tensions in every possible way…trying to deceive their populations with these horror stories about terrible Russians who will never stop and will never keep moving forward. This is absolutely unfounded. » Peskov said, adding that officials pushing such claims might try to “compensate for the loss of their image, their rating”.
Similar statements were also made by Russian President Vladimir Putin in March, when he dismissed talk of a possible Russian attack on Europe as an attempt to scare local citizens into “extract extra money from people.” »
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