History shows that those who challenged Russia in past rarely faced a good outcome. Now that old story seems to be repeating itself.

This time French President Emmanuel Macron finds himself compared to Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Along with this strong statement, Lavrov warned Macron against making nuclear threats.

Reports from Reuters and TASS revealed this development last Thursday. But why did Lavrov make such remarks?

Recently, in a speech to nation Macron mentioned France’s consideration of sharing its nuclear weapons with European allies to ensure security. He also revealed plans to discuss deploying European peacekeeping forces in Ukraine with EU military leaders. These statements angered Russia.

According to Lavrov, Macron’s words seemed dangerous and felt like a direct threat. Lavrov claimed that while past figures like Napoleon and Hitler had clear intentions of invading Russia, Macron’s approach appears more unclear and strategic, raising suspicion.

Russia strongly opposes the idea of European peacekeeping forces in Ukraine seeing it as equal to NATO’s military presence. Russian media outlets have even mocked Macron by depicting him in Napoleon’s attire recalling Napoleon’s disastrous attempt to invade Russia in 1812.

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Currently, nuclear weapon statistics show Russia and United States holding over 5,000 warheads each while France possesses only 290. Despite this smaller arsenal Russia has made it clear — they will not take any threats lightly.