At a meeting with a range of political parties, the President of France floated a scenario that could potentially lead to French troops deployed in Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron met with parliamentary parties on Thursday. During the meeting Macron said he was open to the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, as announced by, according to French newspaper L’Independant.

Fabien Roussel, a representative of the French Communist Party, said after the meeting that “Macron referenced a scenario that could lead to intervention [of French troops]: the advancement of the front towards Odesa or Kyiv.”

He noted that the French President showed parliamentarians maps of the possible directions of strikes by Russian troops in Ukraine.

Following the meeting, Jordan Bardella of the far-right National Rally party noted that “there are no restrictions and no red lines” in Macron’s approach.

    • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.todayEnglish
      111·
      9 months ago

      Yeah the only Russian Aircraft Carrier was completely immobile, the person in charge of overseeing repairs was charged with embezzling 45 Million Rubles, and that’s only just the start of it. They were missing fuel, rations, winter clothes, you name it.

      • Spacehooks@reddthat.comEnglish
        51·
        9 months ago

        I keep reading stuff like this and Makes you really wonder how Russia was such a threat on paper and still fighting in Ukraine. Like what else is shotty or actively being embezzled right now.

          • DudeImMacGyverEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            Maybe, but it’s still a government run by thieves and murderers so it’s not terribly unlikely that theft is still occurring.

            • fuckingkangaroos@lemm.eeEnglish
              3·
              9 months ago

              I’d say it’s a government run by the Mafia, but it’s more accurate to say the government is the Mafia.

                • fuckingkangaroos@lemm.eeEnglish
                  2·
                  9 months ago

                  Sure, but it’s deeper than that. Stealing from a country is one thing, forcibly sending young men to die in the mud for a genocidal war of conquest is something else.

      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        9 months ago

        Oh, ok. He didn’t have what he was told on paper. It’s not so much that Navy personnel went AWOL, it’s more that the actual capabilities of the Navy were greatly exaggerated on paper?

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      Not sure what they meant specifically, but maybe it was that some of their navy only existed in paper? I know that was the case for a lot of bits and pieces of their military in general but didn’t realize it might apply to entire ships (which need to be supplied and crewed and seem overly blatant for even Russian corruption, though would be a good “gig” if they could manage it… Up until the point those ships are needed for actual military action).