<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1665667087427,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"0000017d-00b6-db7d-abfd-7cb766d10000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1665667087427,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"0000017d-00b6-db7d-abfd-7cb766d10000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
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Citing France’s decadeslong nuclear doctrine, the French leader argued that responding with nuclear force to a detonation in Ukraine is not in the nation’s best interests and argued France wants to refrain from ushering in a larger war.
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“Our doctrine rests on the fundamental interests of the nation,” Macron told France 2 on Wednesday. “They are defined clearly and wouldn’t be directly affected at all if, for example, there was a ballistic nuclear attack in Ukraine, in the region.”
“We do not want a World War,” Macron later said in a tweet.
Emmanuel Macron
Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin stoked an international outcry by vowing to defend the “territorial integrity of our motherland” by “all the means at our disposal,” which was widely interpreted as a nuclear threat.
President Joe Biden later warned Putin was flirting with nuclear “Armageddon,” a comment that Macron rebuffed, insisting, “We must speak with prudence when commenting on such matters.”
The Kremlin has suffered a string of military setbacks in Ukraine over recent months and recently fired off a barrage of deadly airstrikes in several Ukrainian cities, such as the capital of Kyiv. Macron contended that Russia should end the war and conceded that it may be necessary for Ukraine to negotiate.
“Today, first of all, Vladimir Putin must stop this war, respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity and come back to the table for talks,” Macron added. “I tell you that at some point … it will be necessary [for Ukraine to negotiate]. That’s why I have always refused maximalist positions.”
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Macron also pledged to continue supplying air defense and other military hardware to help Ukrainians fend off the Russian invaders. Some critics argued that ruling out a nuclear retaliation could embolden Putin.
“Thanks Macron: Just you go ahead and tell a nuclear-armed dictator what you’re not going to do if he nukes Ukraine,” Euan MacDonald, editor at large for The New Voice of Ukraine, tweeted.
https://twitter.com/Euan_MacDonald/status/1580460303871250432?s=20&t=QKNC9oaoAyDzm2660iYl-w
