Will France send NATO troops to Ukraine?

French President Emmanual Macron made a statement yesterday suggesting the possibility of "deployment" of NATO forces in Ukraine. Could this mean war with Russia if French forces will be sent to Ukraine? Clarifying his earlier statements following quick rebuttals of any suggestions of direct intervention by the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Poland among others, Macron elucidated his meaning noting that "deployment" might involve de-mining personnel, cyber-security systems, and production of munitions and arms in country.

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[historywithhilbert]

Note: Andrzej Duda was the President of Poland, not Prime Minister of Poland as I erroneously said.

[Mike]

Imagine NATO had a PMC like Wagner who they could deploy in Ukraine and say that they technically did not deploy NATO troops and that the company fighting in Ukraine is an indepented privately owned company who just happens to have enlisted soldiers from NATO countries and somehow borrowed their tanks and planes.

[PoliticswithPaint]

The problem with 'strategic ambiguity' is that you have to be ambiguous to everyone to be credible. Not only the side you want to intimidate - Russia in this case - but also to your own electorate. And with that idea being overwhelmingly unpopular across Western countries, its not that surprising that the loudest objections have come from those that are having important elections in the near future (US and Germany). And that makes Macron's strategic ambiguity basically useless and probably creates more problems than it solves.

[Simonsvids]

German Chancellor has just revealed there already are French and British troops in Ukraine helping with the cruise missiles

[jendrek]

Andrzej Duda is the president, not prime minister

[degabreta]

Macron is pissed because they got a bye in West Africa. The Russians replaced them. Let them send their French soldiers. And for Ukraine, if you want to help, organize a voluntary fundraiser. Do not touch the money of all citizens of EU 🇨🇿

[Andre]

If France send troops to Ukraine they are French troops, not NATO troops. Only if the members of NATO declare that a NATO member is attacked they might be called NATO troops.

[stargazer-elite]

People keep misunderstanding what he said he never said “let’s put NATO troops in Ukraine“ he said that the idea of putting troops in Ukraine should not be ruled out.

[keewng]

Macron should volunteer himself as Bonaparte Napoleon.

[MarkDalbey-cvsb]

They will be French troops. There are no NATO troops. Being a member of an alliance does not make your troops theirs. France can do whatever it wants as long as it does not represent NATO while doing it. If Poland sends Polish troops to Ukraine it will be sending Polish troops under Polish command and not NATO troops under NATO command.

[CharlesIsMyName]

If NATO sends troops to Ukraine I am giving up on life, is that not a straight up declaration of war?

[DelijeSerbia]

NATO already has soldiers in Ukraine, especially Poland. They just officially first leave their own army and go to Ukraine, but unofficially they are still connected with their army that supplies their units directly.

[katazola]

NATO had already troops in Ukraine. They don’t want to admit their failure to Russia.

[braveheart]

He was taking about individual countries sending troops not NATO troops.

[alansmithee]

Hello Hilbert. You covered this from all angles, so instead I wondered if you saw the rumours of more Russian troops going to Moldova / Transnistria.

[leefarrer]

Really liking this transition into Politics with Hilbert

[mackysplace]

I know it isn't feasible but *if* NATO/EU troops were to enter the Ukraine to guard the border with supposedly neutral Belarus and Transnistria, then that would free up several Ukrainian Brigades, thousands of troops. If Moldova and Romania were to clear out Transnistria then added bonus.

[frogfrog]

Talking about sending troops to Ukraine when the equipament sent to Ukraine is minimal is stupid. Ukraine lacks everything from tanks to mortar shells.

[doggg]

France wants to set the record straight and show they've got ballz

[dittmannrudolfrohr]

Duda - meaning "bagpipe" ( from German "Dudelsack") or "bad musician", the common Polish surname Duda is most likely an occupational name for someone who played the bagpipes or, possibly, someone who played them poorly. A dudy is a form of bagpipe with a single reed in the chanter, common in the southern and western areas of Bohemia in the Czech Republic, and in parts of Poland and Austria.

Another possible meaning, suggested by Polish name expert Prof. Kazimierz Rymut in his book "Nazwiska Polakow" (The Surnames of Poland), is "one who made a lot of unnecessary noise".