The official spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, described the statements of French President Emmanuel Macron as: Possible delivery of combat aircraft to Ukraine It will not lead to an escalation, with “nonsense”.
“We have noted the statements of French President Macron,” Zakharova said in a press briefing today, Wednesday, who said, in response to a question about the possible delivery of aircraft to Ukraine, that he did not rule out anything, provided that this would be beneficial to the Ukrainian armed forces, and that would not lead to Escalation and strikes on Russian territory will not weaken the defenses of France itself.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (archives from France Press)
The spokeswoman added: “This is kind of nonsense.. The French Defense Minister confirmed Paris’ readiness to provide Kyiv with fighters, and he visited Ukraine on January 28.”
And Zakharova continued: “Is the French president really sure that if the Kyiv regime is provided with weapons, heavy equipment and aircraft for combat operations, this will not lead to an escalation of the situation? I refuse to believe that such logic can have an adult,” explaining that such statements It only serves to “increase the appetite” of the Zelensky regime which, by bombing hospitals and massacres of civilians, has clearly shown that Western military aid to Ukraine does not lead to an escalation of the conflict and, of course, peace.
She added, “Maybe they will distribute biscuits and sweets from these planes, right?”
The spokeswoman indicated that Russia strongly condemns “the aggressive rhetoric of Western officials who have not been shy about making lofty statements regarding the Ukrainian conflict in the recent period,” stressing that their actions are related to the lack of arguments to explain what they are doing to their compatriots, especially on the European continent.
