French President Emmanuel Macron enraged Vladimir Putin’s regime by saying that the Russian leader was “a predator and an ogre at our doorstep”, referring to the threat he poses to Europe
Vladimir Putin’s stooges have launched a chilling attack on France saying Russia is ready to ‘march on Paris’.
Tensions between the two countries have ratcheted up and the latest response came from Putin’s top propagandist Vladimir Solovyov after the French President Emmanuel Macron raged at the Russian leader in an interview with the French TV news network LCI, calling him “a predator and an ogre at our doorstep.”
The remarks were immediately picked up on in Russia and especially by Solovyov who has relished his role as the Putin regime’s top attack dog, frequently laying into Donald Trump, NATO, and Western leaders in general.
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Appearing on his TV show, he took aim at Macron and didn’t hold back as he launched into yet another rant. Referencing deep Russian grievances about NATO expansion, Solovyov said: “Originally, back in December 2021, we stated that NATO moving closer to our borders was unacceptable.
“I remember the video where Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, after a hockey match, is talking to Pavel Zarubin (journalist) and says: ‘Look, we understand what they’re doing. They’re building NATO infrastructure at our borders.’ What if missiles are launched from Kharkiv?, asked the TV hack.
“And now they’re saying: ‘We’ll be at your borders, we’ll send NATO troops there. That’s why we’ll be on Champs-Elysées. And Macron will be polishing the boots of a Russian officer.”
NATO leaders have been discussing security guarantees for a postwar Ukraine, following Trump’s Alaska summit with Putin. France, along with the UK and Estonia, has indicated its willingness to send troops to keep the peace in Ukraine – a proposal that was flatly rejected by Russia last week.
The last time Russian soldiers graced Paris with their presence was in the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars in the 19th century. Russian forces, along with other Coalition allies, reached and entered the French capital on March 31, 1814.
And according to Russian legend the word “bistro” is derived from the Russian word “быстрый”, meaning “quick” and pronounced “bystryy”. As the story goes, Russian officers would often order French waiters to bring their food “quickly”, as they marched inexorably towards their destination – hence the word “bistro”.
Meanwhile, further overnight attacks in Kyiv which included British Council and EU delegation buildings being stuck led Keir Starmer to say Vladimir Putin was “sabotaging hopes of peace”. Harrowing footage shows the strike hitting the education and cultural organisation at Zhylyanska Street in the Ukrainian capital, part of a huge overnight attack that killed 15, including four children.
Russian sources celebrated the strike which hit the British Council, and alleged that a dozen people were in the building at the time. The PM condemned the “senseless” attack on Kyiv and accused Putin of “killing children and civilians”.
And Macron branded it “terror and barbarism”. He wrote on X: “629 missiles and drones in one night on Ukraine: this is Russia’s desire for peace. Terror and barbarism.”