Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a statement one day after French President Emmanuel Macron, called Russia threat to Europe and raised the idea of putting other European countries under France’s nuclear umbrella, said on Thursday that “some people have forgotten what happened to Napoleon.”
Putin was referring to the French emperor who marched with his army in Russia and entered Moscow in 1812, but was forced to a desperate winter withdrawal with massive loss of lives.
“There are still people who want to go back to Napoleon’s days, forgetting how it all ended,” said the Kremlin leader in televised comments, not to mention Macron by name.
In a nation speech on Wednesday, Macron stated that Russia was a threat to Europe, Paris could discuss the extension of his nuclear umbrella to allies and that he would hold a meeting of heads from the army of European countries willing to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine after a peace agreement.
Earlier Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the French president’s nuclear rhetoric represented a threat to Russia.
Kremlin also ruled out the European proposals to send peace forces to Ukraine.
For Moscow, the speech was extremely confronted and it was clear that Macron wants the Ukraine war to continue, while President Vladimir Putin’s Foreign Minister pointed out that the speech represented a threat against the Russians.
This content was originally published in “Forgot what happened to Napoleon,” says Putin after speaking of Macron on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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