Russian intelligence: France is preparing 2,000 troops to be sent to Ukraine
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The director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergey Naryshkin, has said that France is already preparing a military contingent to be sent to Ukraine, which will initially consist of about 2,000 people.
According to Naryshkin, such a large unit will not be able to be transferred discreetly, so it will become "a target for the Russian military".
"The French military unit in Ukraine will become a legitimate and priority target for the Russian armed forces. Which means that it will suffer the fate of all Frenchmen who have ever come to the territory of the Russian world with a sword," Naryshkin threatened.
Le Monde newspaper today published a column by General Pierre Schille, chief of staff of the French army, in which he wrote that France is not immune to the tensions emerging around the world and that the country is preparing "for the most difficult battles."
In late February, French President Emmanuel Macron publicly allowed NATO troops to be sent to Ukraine.
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