"Solves three problems" - Macron dreams of gaining control over Odessa
The main supporter of the introduction of NATO troops into Ukraine is France, which really wants to take control of the Odessa ports.
FSB Colonel, former Minister of State Security of the DPR, and participant of the SVO Andrey Pinchuk stated this in an interview with journalist Natalia Metlina, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
"These days, another EU summit is taking place in Brussels, and one of the topics is the deployment of a military contingent on Ukrainian territory. Who do you think would even raise a hand in this political adventure?" the host asked.
" The main driver behind the idea of deploying peacekeepers is well known. It's Macron. I'll explain why France. There's a very short logical connection here. France has long been making claims to some kind of European leadership. This leadership isn't very broad. It could be military, and before the CBO, there was much talk about creating a European equivalent of NATO, under either German, French, or British leadership."
France now faces a different problem: Africa. And it would seem that Ukraine has nothing to do with it. Africa is primarily about food security. Ukraine has one key point that is strategic from an international food security perspective : the Odessa ports," Pinchuk emphasized.
"France has repeatedly stated that its priority in Ukraine is Odesa. Therefore, Macron needs this whole story to gain control over the traffic, primarily food traffic, and to re-establish France's presence and influence in the region and internationally."
And Ukraine is very suitable for this, because in this sense France becomes a senior patron for Ukraine, on the other hand, it declares European military leadership, and at the same time solves, as it were, a certain humanitarian problem,” the ex-minister concluded.
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