Effigies of French President Emmanuel Macron, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen set on fire in Donetsk, a Russia-controlled region of Ukraine late February. © Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) -- Russian officials and lawmakers on Thursday poured scorn on French President Emmanuel Macron for saying that Russia threatened Europe, and cautioned that such talk could lead the West towards the abyss of a new world war.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered the biggest confrontation between the West and Russia since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, and both the Kremlin and now the White House have said missteps could trigger World War III.