Macron asserts France wants to prevent Ukraine conflict from 'morphing into new world war'

As ruthless Russian-Ukraine war continues unabated with no signs of cessation anywhere in sight, French President Emmanuel Macron asserted on Thursday that France wants to put an end to conflict in Ukraine and prevent it from spreing and igniting it into a new world war. During an interview with France 2 and TF1 TV channels, President Macron said, “We would like to stop war without joining it. We do not want a global war and a geographical spillover of this conflict to or regions," Tass reported.  

Furrmore, Macron highlighted fact that France wants to achieve this by assisting war-torn Ukraine and imposing monetary sanctions against Russia. French President said, “We need to be rey for this conflict to be a long one,” and claimed summer and beginning of fall seasons will be particularly challenging times. He also noted that France neverless aims to support Ukraine militarily and economically.  

France has vowed to stop war in Ukraine

Notably, this has not been first time Macron has sought a cessation of  war. Earlier in June, President of France h vowed to "do everything" to stop Russia's invasion of Ukraine, indicating a change from his past attitude towards Moscow. At NATO's Kogalniceanu military base close to Romania's Black Sea town of Constanta, Macron pledged, "We will do everything we can to stop Russia's war forces, to aid Ukrainians and ir army, and to continue to talk". He told se in front of French, American, British, and or ally troops, as per media reports. 

Earlier, Macron has even praised French troops deployed at NATO base for upholding ir duty to defend Europe when war is being fought. France deployed some 500 soldiers to Romania as part of NATO's bolstering of forces on alliance's eastern frontier after Russia inved Ukraine on February 24. 

France's military aid to Ukraine

Meanwhile, French President Macron declared that his country would swiftly send Ukraine weaponry it needs to protect itself, including a substantial number of armoured vehicles and six ditional Caesar howitzers, in an effort to help Ukraine battle Russia's "unprovoked" conflict. He went on to reassure Ukraine that France, toger with allies and partners from Europe, would be re. 

Furrmore, it is pertinent to note that CAESAR is a French self-propelled howitzer with a 52-calibre that is mounted on a 6x6 or 8x8 truck chassis. It is capable of firing all 39/52 calibre NATO-standard ammunition and hitting targets 40 kilometres afar with pinpoint accuracy. 

Macron said on Twitter that y have 'unanimously decided' to enhance ir economic, humanitarian, and military support for Ukraine. He said, " allies are shouldering ir responsibilities." 

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