While the war in Ukraine has continued for almost two years, Manuel Valls notes a rearmament of European countries, notably France. At the microphone of South RadioMonday November 18, the former Prime Minister estimated that France was preparing for a possible war, in particular against Russia. « Armored vehicles, ammunition, missiles, we are preparing, one way or another, to war. We are in a world that has changed, so we must prepare for it »he declared to journalist Jean-Jacques Bourdin. According to Manuel Valls, « THE European countries, and notably France, are in the process of rearming ». In France, the law on military programming for the period 2024-2030 « will represent 400 billion, that is to say +35% compared to the previous military programming law »he indicated.
An intensification of the conflict
The conflict in Ukraine has taken a new turn in recent days. The United States recently gave kyiv the green light to launch long-range American missiles into Russian territory. This agreement angered Moscow, which did not hesitate to warn. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned on the morning of Monday, November 18, that such an offensive would lead to “a fundamentally new situation in terms of US involvement in this conflict”. Later in the day, the spokesperson for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zakharova, was more threatening, assuring that “ Russia's response in such a case will be appropriate and will be felt ».
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Faced with this new tension in the war in Ukraine, Manuel Valls finally decided that kyiv should not be abandoned: « We cannot afford, from a strategic, military, democratic and European point of view, for Ukraine to lose, for this nation which aspires to enter the European Union to be destroyed by Putin's Russia. »
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