French President Macron Says France Will Not Trade Nuclear Strikes With Russia Over Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Paris, December 9, 2019 Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS 

The National: France will not trade nuclear strikes with Russia over Ukraine 

France will not respond with nuclear weapons should Russia use them against Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said. 

“Our doctrine rests on the fundamental interests of the nation," Mr Macron told public broadcaster France 2 on Wednesday.

"They are defined clearly and wouldn’t be directly affected at all if, for example, there was a ballistic nuclear attack in Ukraine, in the region."  

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Update #1: France's Macron suggests he won't fire nukes at Russia even if Putin uses them in Ukraine, undercutting Western threats (Insider)  

Update #2: France won't retaliate with nuclear weapons if Russia uses them in Ukraine – Macron (New Voice of Ukraine)  

WNU Editor: French President Macron knows that a nuclear exchange with Russia will be the end of France as we know it. But his critics are not happy with his position .... Macron under fire for saying France wouldn’t respond in kind if Russia launched nuclear attack on Ukraine (Politico).