"When #Russia says: If you deploy forces, you will be in confrontation with Moscow, it is saying almost explicitly that its intention is indeed to come back and go further, which is what we believe very deeply. And I think we should take these statements for what they are, i.e. the explicit signature of the existential strategic threat that I mentioned a few days ago to our compatriots.

This is exactly what Russia has been doing in all theatres of operation for years. It hasn't retreated from #Armenia, it hasn't retreated from #Georgia, it hasn't retreated from #Ukraine since 2014, it hasn't retreated from #Moldova. It should have withdrawn its troops more than 20 years ago. It still has 2,000 soldiers. And so, as soon as the geopolitical context, or rather its main adversaries, weakens, it reengages and relaunches operations." Emmanuel Macron

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