French President Emmanuel Macron has criticised Donald Trump's phrases that Ukraine is "playing with the Third World Conflict", noting that such accusations can be applicable for the Kremlin chief.

Supply: Macron in an interview with the Portuguese TV channel RTP.

Particulars: Macron responded to the US President's statements throughout a public spat with Ukraine's president within the Oval Workplace, however didn’t point out Trump.

"There is a crucial ingredient that shouldn’t be missed. Vladimir Putin is 'enjoying World Conflict III'. He launched the battle of aggression three years in the past," the French president acknowledged.

"He was answerable for bringing 10,000 North Korean troopers to European soil. He was the one who went to ask for Iranian drones in alternate for aiding them with their nuclear programme to wage battle in Europe," Macron asserted.

He added to this listing Russia's more and more deep cooperation with China, from whom Russia obtains many dual-use objects, in addition to Moscow's occasional nuclear rhetoric.

"So if there’s a one that is enjoying World Conflict III, this individual shouldn’t be present in Kyiv, however fairly in Moscow," he acknowledged.

Background: Throughout a row between Trump and Zelenskyy within the Oval Workplace on 28 February, the US president accused Zelenskyy of playing with World Conflict III.

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