Macron completely validates the American choice to authorize kyiv to strike deep into Russia

On the issue of the war in Ukraine, the Élysée and the White House are in unison. Emmanuel Macron on Monday judged the United States’ decision to authorize kyiv to use long-range missiles in Russia as “completely good”.

“It is a decision which is entirely good, I understand that it was also triggered by a profound change in this conflict which should not be underestimated, which is the commitment of North Korean troops to alongside Russia on what is European soil,” the head of state asserted to journalists on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro.

The Moscow-Pyongyang axis criticized

“The only power that is escalating this conflict today is Russia, by engaging North Korea on its side which is, as we know, a very aggressive power which is engaged in a nuclear program with very long range missiles. So it is truly a break in this war which led to this choice by the Americans,” he insisted.

Demanded by kyiv for months, the green light from American President Joe Biden on the missiles was confirmed to AFP on Sunday by an American official, just a few weeks before Donald Trump, considered less inclined, takes office. to help Ukraine.

The threat from the Kremlin

Emmanuel Macron also estimated that the joint declaration of the G20 summit published Monday evening “would have benefited from being more explicit” on the conflict in Ukraine and that it “falls short of the formulas that we had already been able to obtain”. In this declaration, the members of the group of the largest economies on the planet, which includes Russia, said they were in favor of “any constructive initiative” aimed at a “just and lasting peace” in Ukraine, without condemning the Russian invasion. .

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The Kremlin, for its part, warned on Monday against a new escalation. “The use by kyiv of long-range missiles to attack our territory would mean the direct participation of the United States and its satellites (…), as well as a radical change in the essence and very nature of the conflict,” he said. declared the spokesperson for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova. “Russia’s response in such a case will be appropriate and will be felt.”