France President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that he plans to hold a meeting of European leaders in Paris next week-and will discuss military issues.
France needs to be ready if the United States no longer is the same side, he said.
“I would like to believe that they will be by our side, but we have to be ready if this is not the case,” the French president added.
France and the United Kingdom intend to finish with Ukraine, possibly “in days”, a peace agreement for the war with Russia to present to, diplomats said.
In a nation -televised speech, Macron said France plans to invest more in defense without increasing taxes and added that it will open the debate on the extension of the French nuclear arsenal to European partners.
He also pointed out that the final decision on the use of nuclear weapons will remain in the hands of the president of France.
Understand the war between Russia and Ukraine
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and entered the territory for three fronts: the Russian border, the Crimea and Belarus, a strong -ally country of Kremlin. Loyal forces when they got significant advances in the early days, but the Ukrainians managed to maintain Kiev control, even though the city was also attacked. The invasion was criticized internationally and Kremlin was the target of.
In October 2024, after thousands of dead, the war in Ukraine came into what analysts described as the most dangerous moment so far.
Tensions rose when Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the use of one during an attack on Ukrainian soil. The projectile carried conventional warheads, but is able to bring nuclear material.
The launch came after Ukraine was using weapons manufactured by Western powers, such as the United States, the United Kingdom and France.
Western intelligence denounces that Russia is using in the conflict in Ukraine. Moscow and Pyongyang do not deny or confirm the account.
President Vladimir Putin, who said the Russian forces are – and that Russia will achieve all its goals in Ukraine, although it has given no details.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he believed Putin’s main goals are to occupy the entire Donbass region, covering the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and expel the Ukrainian troops from the Kursk region of Russia, of which have controlled parts since August.
