Alwaght- Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday warned France that Russia has "no more red lines" for the country.
Medvedev, who was head of state between 2008 and 2012 and currently serves as deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, made the comment in a message posted on X.
His warning was directed at French President Emmanuel Macron, who earlier in the day reaffirmed Paris' firm support for Kyiv in its war against Russia's forces while meeting with France's other party leaders at the Elysee Palace.
Le Monde reported that after the meeting, Fabien Roussel—national secretary of the French Communist Party—said Macron had expressed how "France's position has changed" regarding the war, and that "there are no more red lines, there are no more limits.
Medvedev addressed the report from the French newspaper in a threatening X post.
" Macron has said, 'there are no more red lines, there are no more limits' in terms of supporting Ukraine (Le Monde). Then that means, Russia has no more red lines left for France," Medvedev wrote.
The Kremlin official then added, "In hostem omina licita," a Latin phrase that roughly translates as "everything is legal if it is done to an enemy.
The Russian warning comes two weeks after Macron called on NATO force deployment to ulto fight the Russian forces. The idea was dismissed immediately by the allies in the military bloc.
The Kremlin issued a statement that declared such a move could lead to a direct conflict between NATO and Russia.
Speaking to the press on February 27, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Western troops becoming involved in the war would result in the "inevitability" of a direct confrontation.
"In that case, it's not going to be about probability, but inevitability—that's how we assess it," Peskov said when asked about the probability of a direct conflict between NATO and Russia if Western troops are sent to Ukraine," Tass news agency cited him as saying.
Russia and the West have witnessed a new stage of escalation as Russian forces seized the Ukrainian city of Avidiivka on February 17 after four months of fighting.
Experts said the capture of the eastern city marked a turning point in the war and bore witnesses to the weakening Ukrainian position against Russia amid dropping aid of the West that is busy with backing Israeli regime in its genocidal war on Ukraine.
