After spending 90 minutes on the phone with Putin, Macron thinks "the worst is yet to come"...

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After spending 90 minutes on the phone with Putin, Macron thinks “the worst is yet to come” in Ukraine and that Russia wants to take control of the whole country.

Emmanuel Macron pense que "le pire est à venir" en Ukraine après son échange avec Vladimir Poutine, qui a fait part de "sa très grande détermination" à poursuivre son offensive et dont le but est "de prendre le contrôle" de tout le pays, selon l'Elysée #AFP

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Emmanuel Macron thinks that "the worst is yet to come" in Ukraine after his exchange with Vladimir Putin, who expressed "his very great determination" to continue his offensive and whose goal is "to take control" of the whole country , according to the Elysée#AFP

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[Ray Bruns]

1. I would agree. If things don't go Putin's way he will resort to carpet bombing

Like he did in Chechnya.

[Walleye]

2. They are saying Russians are planning public executions in Kyiv when they take over. Sickening

[femmedem]

3. I think this is what we all believe, even if we--myself included--try to suppress that belief. n/t

[PatSeg]

4. Damn

I suppose I'm not really surprised, but it still is disturbing to hear a leader say it out loud.

[dalton99a]

5. Putin will destroy what he can't have.

[Chainfire]

6. Of course Russia wants all of Ukraine.

How is that "news?" If you want news, you can add a long list of other countries that they want too!

[Hortensis]

8. Experts have spoken of various options Putin could pursue at this point.

If he takes it all now, he has to control it all. Which suggests an especially grim and ruthless picture.

A different sort of option would be to break all or part of it up and annex parts to nations already effectively- within the Russian empire, rather than to Russia, requiring them to control their new territories He could leave part of Ukraine as a much weakened state, to finish later, perhaps forcing the resistance to focus on defense against frequent attacks. Etc.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

7. He will MURDER every man., woman, and child who remains.

NOTHING is going to change that.

God damn Putin's soul to the fires of Hell and all who support or praise his "genius" and "savvy" strategy here in the United States.

Time for some Pagan curses.

[Hortensis]

9. Probably not. You know, he regards Ukraine as Russian,

sharing much history and culture in common. Ukraine was forced to become one of the first founding states of the USSR and is important to the empire he wants to restore. Also, many Russians have personal ties to people in Ukraine. Etc. He's not hoping to turn that vibrant land of wheat fields into dead, scorched earth.

Anyway, murdering over 40M people while the human race just accepts it? "NOTHING" will change it?

The behavior of other nations now should be a clue that that could never happen.

[Irish_Dem]

14. Yes. He is an enraged, humiliated narcissist/sociopath.

And he could turn Ukraine into nothing but dead bodies and rubble.

[Omen78]

10. I foresee geography books changing

to reflect an Eastern and Western Ukraine.

[Irish_Dem]

13. There probably won't be a Ukraine anymore.

Just a piece of land with rubble belonging to Russia.

[Solly Mack]

11. Yeah. Me, too.

The worst is yet to come.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Sounds like Macron is facing reality now.

And it is going to be ugly.

[2naSalit]

15. Long over due for...

Brutus to make a move.