--- title: "France & Britain Declare War on Russia, Russia Responds" type: "post" post_id: "6184" slug: "france-britain-declare-war-on-russia-russia-responds" canonical: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/05/06/france-britain-declare-war-on-russia-russia-responds/" markdown_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/05/06/france-britain-declare-war-on-russia-russia-responds.md" json_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/05/06/france-britain-declare-war-on-russia-russia-responds.json" txt_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/05/06/france-britain-declare-war-on-russia-russia-responds.txt" published: "2024-05-06T20:57:08+00:00" modified: "2024-05-06T20:57:08+00:00" author: "penny2" categories: - "Uncategorized" tags: - "EU" - "France" - "Gaza" - "Israel" - "Russia" - "state sponsored terrorism" - "UK" site_name: "PFYT2" publisher: "" language: "en-US" generator: "easyPress Markdown" generator_version: "1.0.6" --- **There’s really little other in the way of credible alternatives to describe the actions taken by France and Britain, other than as declarations of war against Russia** > [France sends troops to Ukraine: Russian report](https://asiatimes.com/2024/05/france-sends-combat-troops-to-ukraine-battlefront/) > **France has sent its first troops officially to Ukraine**. They have been **deployed in support of the Ukrainian 54th Independent Mechanized Brigade in Slavyansk.** The **French soldiers are drawn from France’s 3rd Infantry Regiment, which is one of the main elements of France’s Foreign Legion (Légion étrangère).** > > **The Legion today is run by French officers but the rank and file are all foreigners. Under the current anonymat (being anonymous) a volunteer who joins the Legion can decide whether to keep his given name or adopt a new one. Legionnaires serve for three year terms, after which they can ask for French citizenship. If a legionnaire is wounded, he is entitled to gain French citizenship without any waiting period. There are no women in the Foreign Legion.** **As mentioned the other day** > [UK gives Ukraine green light to use British weapons inside Russia](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/05/03/uk-gives-ukraine-green-light-to-use-british-weapons-inside-russia/) > **Ukraine can use British-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia, UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron stated during a May 2 visit to Kyiv.** [**Russia Summons Western Ambassadors**](https://www.rt.com/russia/597071-russia-summons-western-ambassadors) > **The UK and French ambassadors in Moscow were summoned by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday amid rising tensions over the Ukraine conflict.** > > **The envoys were seen visiting the building housing the ministry in central Moscow separately, but neither the UK’s Nigel Casey nor France’s Pierre Levy offered any comments to the press outside. The Russian government did not immediately discuss the meetings either, only confirming that the ambassadors had been summoned.** [**Russian Ultimatum to UK**](https://www.rt.com/russia/597075-russia-military-ultimatum-uk) > **Ambassador Nigel Casey was summoned to the ministry following remarks by British Foreign Secretary David Cameron t**o Reuters that Ukraine has the right to use long-range missiles sent by the UK to strike deep inside Russia. > > Russia understands Cameron’s comments as *“**evidence of a serious escalation and confirmation of London’s increasing involvement in military operations on the side of Kiev,”*** the ministry added. > > Casey was urged to ***“think about the inevitable catastrophic consequences of such hostile steps from London and to immediately refute in the most decisive and unequivocal manner the bellicose provocative statements of the head of the Foreign Office.***” > > ***”Casey was warned that the response to Ukrainian strikes using British weapons on Russian territory could be any British military facilities and equipment on the territory of Ukraine and beyond,”*** the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement following the meeting. **Between Israel working to widen the war in the Middle East and the UK and France looking to expand the war in Europe- it is looking more and more like we are in an increasingly and extremely dangerous time and place** **An update on Israel and the ceasefire talks** ----------------------------------------------- ###### [Israel approves Rafah military operation, hours after Hamas agrees to a cease-fire](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israel-approves-rafah-military-operation-hours-after-hamas-agrees-to-a-cease-fire) **Israeli leaders have approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, and Israeli forces are now striking targets in the area, officials announced Monday.** > **The move came hours after Hamas announced it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, which could end seven months of war in Gaza** **Netanyahu had made it quite clear there would be no ceasefire** **Families of those held by hostage want an end to this and they want their loved ones home.** **Netanyahu, in my opinion, cannot end this campaign of ethnic cleansing now- His government will fall and he’ll be arrested** > [Netanyahu says Israel will invade Rafah ‘with or without deal’ with Hamas](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/04/30/netanyahu-says-israel-will-invade-rafah-with-or-without-deal-with-hamas/) > 🚨🔥 Families of [\#Israeli](https://x.com/hashtag/Israeli?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) detainees in [\#Gaza](https://x.com/hashtag/Gaza?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) : [\#Hamas](https://x.com/hashtag/Hamas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) agreed to the deal. The government must agree now, otherwise we will burn the country.[\#Israel](https://x.com/hashtag/Israel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)[\#Palestine](https://x.com/hashtag/Palestine?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/s0EuZJUDJl](https://t.co/s0EuZJUDJl) > > — @PalasAtenea (@AthenaMia2nd) [May 6, 2024](https://x.com/AthenaMia2nd/status/1787581289157067107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)