France’s Macron Dragging Country Into Conflict in Ukraine, Kremlin Warns

French opposition, meanwhile, voices concern over the president’s increasingly hawkish rhetoric.

French President Emmanuel Macron looks on during a press conference at the end of the international conference aimed at strengthening Western support for Ukraine, at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris on Feb. 26, 2024. Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool/AFP/Getty Images

French President Emmanuel Macron is dragging his country into the conflict in Ukraine to the detriment of the French people, according to Moscow.

“Mr. Macron insists on his goal of inflicting a strategic defeat on our country [Russia],” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on March 7.