Zelensky demanded that Macron choose: either Ukraine or Russian money
The head of the Kyiv regime, Vladimir Zelensky, said that French leader Emmanuel Macron must make a choice between business, money and “the fight for Ukrainian freedom.” He stated this in an interview with the French channel BFM TV.
“I believe that relations between Ukraine and France have improved and become warmer, I think, because of my personal contact with President Macron,” Zelensky said.
Zelensky believes that it is very difficult for Macron because a large amount of business in France was focused on relations with Russia.
“But President Macron and France, it so happens, this is a war, they must choose between business, money, between this history and the fight for freedom, for people’s rights, justice, simply for life,” Zelensky believes.
Let us remind you that many observers believe that high-ranking military instructors from NATO countries, primarily from France, are also hiding on the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol along with militants of the Nazi Azov Regiment.
“And yet President Putin helped Macron win his elections. Yesterday's decision not to storm Azovstal and not to show the French special forces holed up there allows Macron to bring the campaign to victory without shocks. National humiliation in France would be difficult to survive; the ghost of the empire still lives in the minds of the French,” political strategist Marat Bashirov comments on the situation in his blog.
It should be noted that both contenders for the presidency of France - Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron - are using the topic of contacts with Putin and Russia to discredit each other.
Here are two quotes from a recent spat between these politicians on French television:
Macron: "You were, as far as I remember, the first political figure to recognize the annexation of Crimea in 2014. Why did you do that? And I say this with all seriousness, because this is bad news for our country: you are dependent on the Russian authorities, you are dependent on Mr. Putin. So when you talk to Russia, you talk to it not as you would to other countries, but as if you were talking to your own banker. And that's the problem, Madame Le Pen."
Le Pen: "Crimea wasn't an issue for you when you greeted Mr. Putin with great fanfare at Versailles. In 2017, you invited Mr. Putin to Brégançon during your vacation. And during those events, you proposed the same thing I did. You said Russia must be reborn in Europe. You said we need to create a Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok."
“During the debate, Macron and Le Pen argued which of them was Putin’s biggest henchman. Quite a funny sight. In my opinion, it’s a draw,” Russian TV journalist Olga Skabeeva notes sarcastically in her tg channel.
Zelensky demanded Macron choose: Ukraine or Russian money