"Macron's Plan to Send French Troops to Ukraine Sparks NATO Disarray and Russian Relish"

Allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin warned French President Emmanuel Macron that any troops he sends to Ukraine would suffer the same fate as Napoleon's Grande Armee, likening Macron to Napoleon and cautioning against igniting a third world war. Macron's comments on potentially sending European troops to Ukraine prompted other Western countries to distance themselves from such plans, while the Kremlin warned of inevitable conflict if NATO members sent troops. Russian officials portrayed Macron as reckless, with some in eastern Europe welcoming his statement, while former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev criticized Macron's "dangerous delusions of grandeur" and warned of the risk of a nuclear apocalypse.