Marine Le Pen declared the unacceptability of Russia's actions in Ukraine

French presidential candidate, chairman of the National Association Marine Le Pen called Russia's military actions in Ukraine unacceptable and supported sanctionsregarding the country during a televised debate with Emmanuel Macron.* Marine Le Pen

Russia's military actions as part of a special operation in Ukraine are unacceptable, said French presidential candidate, chairman of the "National Association" Marine Le Pen during the final televised debate with the current French leader Emmanuel Macron.

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“My solidarity and my absolute compassion is with the people of Ukraine. A Russian invasion, an attack on Ukraine is unacceptable,” Le Pen said on the France 2 TV channel, noting that Macron’s efforts to establish peace deserve support. According to her, Paris should provide Ukraine with humanitarian and financial assistance, as well as supply defensive weapons. “But we need to be careful. The supply of (offensive-RBC) weapons could turn France into an ally in the war. That's the problem," Le Pen said.

The leader of the National Association also added that she agreed with all the sanctions that were imposed on Russian oligarchs and banks. The only sanctions she does not agree with are the ban on the import of Russian oil and gas, as this is the wrong method, Le Pen continued. According to her, this measure will affect not so much RUSSIA as the French people. “I fear that this will throw Russia into the arms of CHINA , and in the future it will be such a close alliance that they will become a superpower economically, in terms of money or even militarily. This could be a huge risk for the West, Europe and France,” Le Pen said.

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Russia has been conducting a military operation in Ukraine since February 24, President Vladimir Putin named as goals the protection of civilians in Donbass from “bullying, genocide” by the Ukrainian authorities (later he called this goal the main one), demilitarization and “denazification” of the neighboring state. The Ministry of Defense said that the Russian military does not strike at civilian targets.

In Ukraine, they called the Russian special operation an attack, introduced martial law and severed diplomatic relations with Moscow.

Presidential elections in France have been held since April 10. The leaders in the first round were the current HEAD of state Emmanuel Macron (27.84%) and Marine Le Pen (23.15%). Both of them will participate in the second round, which will be held on April 24.

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During the campaign, Le Pen made a number of promises. In particular, she stated that she does not plan a "frexit" - France's exit from the European Union, but will withdraw the country from the NATO joint command, as was done under Charles de Gaulle. At the same time, France will not refuse to apply the key Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, which provides that in the event of an attack on one NATO member, all allies will join its defense, the presidential candidate made a reservation.