Macron: “Ukraine must be able to attack Russian military bases”

Macron and Scholz, in a conference together, ask that Ukraine be enabled to "neutralize" the Russian bases from which the attacks originate. Meanwhile, Putin's threats continue: "Escalation will lead to serious consequences"

ROME – Ukraine must be put in a position to “neutralize” the Russian military bases from which the attacks start: this was declared by French President Emmanuel Macron, while President Volodymyr Zelensky is carrying out a tour of European countries to encourage the allies to grant more war supplies to his army.

As reported by France24, Macron said: “Ukrainian territory is being attacked from bases in Russia. So how do we explain to the Ukrainians that we will have to protect these cities, if we tell them that it is not allowed to hit the point from which those missiles?”. The head of the Hexagon then added: “We believe thatwe should allow them to neutralize the military sites from which the missiles are launchedand, basically, the military sites from which Ukraine is attacked.”< /p>

Macron’s statements, made during a press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Brandenburg, Germany, seem to followthe line of NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg, who in recent days asked for authorize the transfer of NATO weapons to Kiev so that Moscow’s military forces can strike directly at its Russians. Yesterday, the high representative for foreign policy, Josep Borrell, also made statements that resonated as support for this position.
In recent days Zelensky is asking allies for military support but also for greater participation in the peace conference to be held in Switzerland in June, in which Russia will not take part, while this morning the Biden administration confirmed its presence.

Regarding these statements from Russia, yesterday, President Vladimir Putin warned that “constant escalation will lead to serious consequences” and added: “In Europe, especially in smaller countries” but “densely populated,” “they should be aware of what they are playing with.” This morning, as reported by the Russian agency Tass, the Russian ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov also said that the trade embargo proposed by the United States on Russia “is an opportunity”: “we are using the situation as a further impetus for import substitution , especially in key sectors”.