“The Ukrainians realize that they are a pawn in a game of actors”, denounces Valéria Faure-Muntian, president of the France-Ukraine friendship group at the Assembly.
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“The hysteria engendered by the speeches of Joe Biden and Boris Johnson endangers Ukraine more than the 100,000 Russian soldiers on the border who have been there for several months”, estimated Wednesday, February 2 on franceinfo an LREM deputy from the Loire Valéria Faure-Muntian, president of the France-Ukraine friendship group in the Assembly. That same morning on France 2, Jean-Yves Le Drian, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, declared that the danger of a Russian invasion of Ukraine was “clear and imminent”.
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For the MP for the majority, Jean-Yves Le Drian “is cautious, he says all the same that there is no sign of Putin’s intention to attack and that the dialogue continues. Diplomacy must succeed in getting out of this crisis and precisely we must avoid that Ukraine is imploding from the rise of all this menacing diplomacy.”
When asked what Ukraine expects from France, the MP replies that she “waits for defense, protection”. “The Ukrainians want to integrate the West: the European Union, NATOasserts Valeria Faure-Muntian. For several weeks, the Ukrainians have realized that they are a pawn in a game of actors and that it is detrimental to them on their soil. The withdrawal of the families of British and American diplomats caused the fall of the currency and therefore economic disturbances. If this continues, it is Ukraine that will suffer from these gesticulations”.