Russia warned French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday not to threaten it with nuclear rhetoric and, mocking his height by calling him 'Micron', ruled out European proposals to send peacekeeping forces from NATO members to Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, reacted to the speech of French President Emmanuel Macron, who called Russia a threat to Europe. View on euronews

The Kremlin considers Macron's offer to his European partners to protect them with his "nuclear umbrella" as a threat. Emmanuel Macron's address to the nation warning about "the Russian threat" has caused unprecedented tension between Paris and Moscow since the beginning of the Ukrainian war.