Russian officials rebuke the claims of French President Emmanuel Macron of a Russian threat to Europe, warning that such rhetoric could escalate tensions and lead to a new world war amid ongoing conflict in Ukraine
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But the advance of Russian forces in Ukraine in 2024 and US President Donald Trump’s upending of US policy towards Ukraine and Russia and demand for a peace deal to end the war have triggered a crisis among European powers who fear the United States is turning its back on Europe. Russia and the United States are by far the world’s biggest nuclear powers, with over 5,000 nuclear warheads each, followed by China with about 500 and then France with 290 and the United Kingdom with 225, according to the Federation of American
Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for Russia’s foreign ministry, mocked Macron’s remarks that France had the most effective army in Europe suggesting that he should perhaps engage in a measurement exercise of some sort.
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