Putin Warns Western Governments: NATO Troops Who Enter Ukraine Risk Becoming Military Targets

Love him or hate him, even if you generally do not give a damn at all like most citizens. Feelings do not matter. It is smart to heed a dire warning given by a leader of a nation who is engaging in a war.

Russian intelligence has alleged that France is preparing a military contingent of 2,000 troops to be deployed on the ground in Ukraine. The claim was made by Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin on Tuesday, and was quickly picked up in international headlines, also given it is rare for him to make statements like this.

"The current leadership of the country [France] does not care about the deaths of ordinary French people or about the concerns of the generals," Naryshkin said as translated in TASS: https://tass.com/politics/1762083

The Russian intelligence chief further said the French military "fears that such a large military unit cannot be transferred and stationed in Ukraine unnoticed."

"It will thus become a legitimate priority target for attacks by the Russian armed forces. This means that it will suffer the fate of all the French who have ever come to the Russian world with a sword," Naryshkin emphasized. The past months have seen instances where Moscow claimed its forces took out French mercenaries in Kharkiv, but neither the Ukraine nor France ever verified this. Russia is now saying it will target foreign troops in Ukraine as a priority.

He didn't elaborate further or offer anything in the way of verification or proof, but it comes after French President Emmanuel Macron sparked fierce debate in Europe last month by telling allies they shouldn't rule out sending Western troops to Ukraine. While most Western allies have voiced their rejection of a scenario of sending NATO forces to Ukraine, officials have been urging more rapid production of weapons. Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni is the latest to say that deploying Western ground troops to Ukraine must "be avoided at any cost" in Tuesday remarks.

Meanwhile, more negative coverage belatedly seeping into US mainstream media on just how desperate and dire the situation is for Ukraine forces at this point: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/15/ukraine-village-mobilized-men-war/

It would be very wise for American and Europeans to refuse to partake in this war. People are dying every day in Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian and Russian troops have been slaughtered. This is NOT our war, and it would be suicidal and stupid on our part to partake in this war or send our family members into it. The buck has got to stop with the American and European citizenry and their dissent, their refusal to become cannon fodder. Let us hope a call to end this foolishness whos selfish 'leaders' like Macron are engaging in, and a return to sanity prevails. – However... consider the warnings of war. – If you get yourself involved in this war, YOU are at fault because YOU put your own life at risk for insane stooges like Macron.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/french-units-ukraine-will-be-priority-target-warns-russia