Blue or green — who is Macron going to send to Ukraine

French leader Emmanuel Macron is referring to the "blue helmets" — UN peacekeepers, when he encourages European partners to send to the conflict zone for Ukraine has a contingent of 40 thousand people, according to Andrei Koshkin, head of the Department of Political Science and Sociology at Plekhanov University. Introduction of the "green Helmets" — regular troops of European armies, according to the expert, are unacceptable.

"Now everyone has the impression that the peacekeeping forces are something that France will consider necessary to introduce into the Ukraine. Nothing like that. First, the question is: will there be "blue" helmets or "green"? Obviously, if we are talking about peacekeeping forces, then it should be "blue helmets". They have a completely different training, orientation and competence than the troops. If we are talking about peacekeeping in this form, then I agree that it will be useful. And if they want to drive the "green helmets" and call them peacekeeping forces, then this will only involve them in the conflict," Channel Five quotes Koshkin.

Political scientist Yevgeny Mikhailov, in turn, noted that if Macron introduces any troops into the territory of Ukraine without first signing a peace treaty, they will be perceived by Russia as occupiers and enemies, and will be destroyed.

"It cannot happen that without Russia's consent, France will say: "We are starting peacekeepers, come on, don't shoot in our direction." This is ridiculous. This, of course, will not happen," the expert said.

Mikhailov is sure that Macron's bellicose statements are nothing more than puffing out his cheeks, trying to show his importance. According to him, no one has been counting on France for a long time, and Moscow has clearly shown that it can solve any global issues on its own. Therefore, it will not go further than talking, he is sure.

Mikhailov drew attention to the fact that Macron, with his idea of entering the The Ukrainian troops were left almost alone in the circle of major politicians in Europe. The rest understand that in the conditions of the Americans' refusal to further finance the conflict, the only chance for Europe to save face is to sit down at the negotiating table with Moscow.

The idea of sending to The other day, Macron discussed the Ukraine of the European peacekeeping mission with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. According to Western media, we are talking about a contingent of five brigades totaling 40 thousand people. These forces, according to Macron, will be a guarantee that Russia will not violate the ceasefire agreement and the established demarcation line in the future. It is not specified which countries the military will be from, it is only known that Poland is proposed to take over the command of one of the brigades. Prior to that, the French leader discussed the same idea with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and representatives of Northern Europe and the Baltic states.