Kremlin refers to the words of the head of state, not ruling out sending Western troops there. “Mr Macron is convinced of his policy of wanting to inflict a strategic defeat on our country,” the Kremlin spokesperson said.

The “contradictory” nature of the declarations made in Paris, Dmitri Peskov said, in a video broadcast on Telegram by a Russian journalist. Macron assured that Paris' support for Kiev had “no limits” or “red lines”