Ukraine crisis: Macron says Putin pledges no new Ukraine escalation

[SouthBayDem]

Source: BBC

French President Emmanuel Macron has told reporters that President Vladimir Putin assured him that Russian forces would not ramp up the crisis near Ukraine's borders.

"I secured an assurance there would be no deterioration or escalation," he said before meeting Ukraine's leader.

However, Russia said any suggestion of a guarantee was "not right".

Russia has denied any plans to invade Ukraine, but it has assembled more than 100,000 troops near its borders.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60299790

[Lovie777]

1. Putin and the GQP, who would you believe . ....

[3825-87867]

2. PEACE in our lifetime!

Uh...didn't believe it when I read about it in class or watched old newsreels. Skeptical now.

[lastlib]

6. You had the same thought I did.....

I just hope Macron isn't channeling Neville Chamberlain......

[Ray Bruns]

14. Absolutely what I was thinking. Those who do not remember the past

are condemned to repeat it.

[doc03]

3. I hope he is right but I think Putin has

made up his mind to take Ukraine one way or the other.
Chamberlain fell for that with Hitler.

[Texaswitchy]

4. Just handed a country he didn't own.

History will repeat itself.

Who is going to invade Russia?

Last time it was 1941.

Need all those countries to rob.

[bluestarone]

5. Waiting to hear how the Ukraine Gov. feels

I hope Macron didn't offer Russia anything he should NOT have!

[Texaswitchy]

7. Another Czechoslovakia.

Tell Putin to pound sand.

Giving in to bully never works.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. The Putin Whisperer

[sarisataka]

9. I'll get a nice quiet sleep tonight

My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Go home and get a nice quiet sleep.
-Neville Chamberlain, 30 September, 1938

[Texaswitchy]

10. And Poland was next.

Waving that piece of paper.

[sakabatou]

11. Riiiiight... Putin is a snake.

[Texaswitchy]

12. He looks like a snake.

He does.

[Calista241]

13. Emmanuel Macron's remarks on Russia set alarm bells ringing

Domestic critics of Emmanuel Macron, Nato hardliners and the leadership in Ukraine will be suspiciously examining the French president’s late-night remarks at his Moscow press conference on Monday for signs of freelancing.

At one level, Macron, three months from a re-election campaign, stuck pretty faithfully to the script he had exhaustively agreed with his Nato partners before his meeting with Vladimir Putin, but at another level his particular view of Russia as a European nation, and lofty talk of a new security guarantees, will have set alarm bells ringing.

The specifics of the five hours of discussions between the French and Russian leaders, and points of convergence, were kept from the world at the press conference, but that did not stop Macron hinting at shifts in Nato’s outlook that some members say should never be made in response to military intimidation.

The French president started by stressing the historically unacceptable presence of Russian troops on Ukraine’s borders. He also faithfully repeated the offers made by Nato and the US concerning mutual limitation of military deployments, more transparency for military activities or even a limitation of the deployment of short-range and intermediate missiles. He said in these areas Moscow and the west had the same demands. Moscow has already said it is ready to discuss these points but considers a commitment from Nato to cease all enlargement its primary demand.

Here, Macron hinted at the need to acknowledge Russian concerns. He states: “There is no security for Europeans if there is no security for Russia”, a formulation of respect but one that also legitimises Moscow’s demands for a new security architecture based on the Russian concept of “indivisible security”. But what Macron meant was unclear.

More: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/08/emmanuel-macron-remark-russia-set-alarm-bell-ringing-ukraine-crisis-talk-vladimir-putin

[marie999]

15. What is NATO going to do if Russia places nuclear weapons in Belarus?

NATO has nuclear weapons including US nuclear weapons in 5 NATO countries. It is not the same as Russian nuclear missiles in Cuba.