French President Emmanuel Macron's statements about the potential deployment of foreign troops to Ukraine have sparked anger among US officials, who fear it could lead to a confrontation with Russia. The US State Department spokesperson, Matthew Miller, emphasized that the US does not support Ukraine taking strikes outside its own territory. Macron's initiative was criticized for being ill-prepared, with NATO deemed unready for such a move. The Kremlin views Macron as taking a radical stance on the Ukraine conflict, creating distractions from domestic issues.
Lavrov : French President Emmanuel Macron is creating a distraction with his statements about sending troops to Ukraine because domestic issues seem to be unimportant for him and it is necessary to divert attention from existing problems, https://t.co/fwrV0cOdeB
Kremlin: Macron is the most radical supporter of escalation in Ukraine French President Emmanuel Macron takes the most radical positions in the European establishment on the need to send troops to Ukraine, and the Kremlin follows that rhetoric, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov… https://t.co/Qbiou43BRK
"We have made clear that the US is not going to send any troops to Ukraine. I should add that Macron is a long term ally and we work productively in terms of aid to Ukraine," US State Department representative Matthew Miller said. Matthew, Ukraine never asked for troops. Even… https://t.co/Rc3XFVifO2
🇺🇸 US Department of State responds to article about "anger at Macron" over statement on troops in Ukraine https://t.co/RbNxZogdt7
Kremlin spokesman Peskov: French President Macron now takes the most radical position of all European leaders on the issue of the conflict in Ukraine, as the initiator of the discussion about sending foreign [military] contingents there. (RIA)
Journalist: On the Paris leg of the trip, you might have seen report that the U.S. has been angry at President Macron for his statements to send Western troops to Ukraine. Mr Miller: [...] We have made clear that the United States is not going to send any troops to Ukraine. https://t.co/inaJid3J6C
US angry with Macron – Bloomberg Some US officials are angry with Macron’s suggestion that NATO may send troops into Ukraine in the future, according to Bloomberg https://t.co/72HdcfiVb1 https://t.co/uU93EnRI5C
French President Emmanuel Macron's initiative to send troops to Ukraine was not well prepared, and NATO is not ready for it" Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina made a rather unexpected statement. https://t.co/Md0MQRlcho
What the hell? The U.S. does not support Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory: "It has always been our position since the outset of this war that we do not encourage or support Ukraine taking strikes outside its own territory," said State Department spokesperson Matthew at a… https://t.co/SrDD8Girit
According to Bloomberg, the Biden administration was outraged by the words of French President Emmanuel Macron, who said that he “does not rule out sending Western troops to Ukraine.”
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller was asked in a briefing about reports in the FT that the U.S. had asked Ukraine not to target Russian oil refineries - he refused to deny such reports. "We do not encourage or support Ukraine taking strikes outside its own territory." https://t.co/Fc0SHDp3us
🇺🇦 Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Rob Bauer that Zelensky “only needs money”: After Macron spoke and made his statement, President Zelensky clearly said: “No, we do not want French soldiers to die in Ukraine.” The Ukrainian authorities are now clearly saying that they…
🗿 Macron angered US officials with statements about sending troops to Ukraine – Bloomberg https://t.co/6UoeL0tTow
"Our position from the beginning has always been that we don’t encourage or support strikes by Ukraine outside its territory. This was clearly communicated to our Ukrainian partners,” - Matthew Miller, spokesperson for the US State Department ??? https://t.co/6h3trojSUH
As we keep saying, the US wants to avoid direct confrontation with Russia wrt Ukraine and those red lines: Statements made by Macron about the potential deployment of troops to Ukraine have angered US officials precisely because they are wary of direct confrontation with…
⚡️#Macron's statements about the possible dispatch of foreign troops to #Ukraine have angered American officials, who do not rule out that such a step could lead to a confrontation with Russia, Bloomberg reported. https://t.co/uQD56siJiE