Macron said France would never initiate an offensive against Russia and that Paris was not at war with Moscow.
"From a military-technical point of view, we are, of course, ready," Putin, 71, told Rossiya-1 television and news agency RIA when asked whether Russia was really ready for a nuclear war.
Putin asserts Russia's readiness for nuclear war amid tensions, emphasizing sovereignty concerns.
Kyiv officials said Moscow planned to step up its informational war this spring, spreading disinformation in an attempt to divide Ukrainian society in the third year of its invasion.
The US Army, in particular, has been making huge purchases of munitions and vehicles to replenish stocks sent to Ukraine.
Andriy Yusov, a spokesperson for Ukraine's military intelligence, told Ukraine's 24 Channel the groups were conducting the operation on Russian territory independently of Ukraine.
In recent years too many politicians and governments, including the EU itself, have been playing a dangerous game, using antisemitism as a tool to advance their political goals.