It is wrong to believe that Russia will stop in Donbas and Crimea – Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron has stressed that anyone who thinks that Russia will stop in the Ukrainian Donbas and Crimea in its aggressive ambitions is mistaken.

Source: Reuters, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Answering a question about the Kremlin's claims that Russia considers itself to be at war because of the West's assistance to Ukraine, the French president said it would be a mistake to think that Russia was going to stop its aggression in Donbas and Crimea.

"By using this term, one is also even opening up uncertainty about Russia's military objectives," Macron noted.

Background: Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "Yes, it all started as a special military operation, but as soon as this gang formed there when the collective West became involved on the side of Ukraine, it became a war for us. I strongly believe so," Radio Liberty's Russian Service reported.

Before that, Macron condemned recent aggressive remarks by Russian politicians against France, particularly the claim by Pyotr Tolstoy, Deputy Speaker of Russia's State Duma (lower chamber of Russia's parliament), as a clear sign of "nervousness".

Despite the controversy surrounding his remarks about the possible deployment of Western troops to Ukraine, the French president refused to back down, insisting that his statements were well-considered and stressing that France would not follow the "logic of escalation" in its relations with Moscow.

Subsequently, commenting on his idea, Macron stressed that if such a scenario were to be implemented, French forces would not go on the offensive against Russia.

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