France is likely to send “special military forces” to Ukraine

according to the report of Mehr News Agency quoting Rashatoudi, Le Monde newspaper quoting informed sources of the report The French government is considering sending a small military force directly to Ukraine to act as a trainer for Kiev’s armed forces and as a “deterrent” against Moscow.

This newspaper reports the number of these French military “instructors” who are potentially allowed to enter Ukraine. , did not disclose, but announced that there may be some “conventional units” in their ranks.

According to Le Monde, French special forces have also previously trained Ukrainian soldiers in Poland and escorted arms deliveries. This country contributed to Ukraine. However, they have always been “stopped at the Ukrainian border,” the outlet added

This news was published while most of the French people are against the idea of ​​their country’s president to send military forces to Ukraine. The results of a new survey show that more than two-thirds of French people believe that the idea of ​​French President Emmanuel Macron that NATO could one day send its troops to Ukraine to support Kiev is wrong.

The results of the poll, published on Thursday in the French newspaper Figaro, showed that 68 percent of respondents agreed with Macron’s statements about the possible deployment of NATO in the future. Ukraine was against it, only 31 percent of voters said they agreed with the idea.

French President Emmanuel Macron, whose recent statements about the possible deployment of troops from the West to Ukraine, was met with a negative reaction from the Western authorities, says that he was completely deliberate about the deployment. Niro has spoken to Kiev!

Macron told reporters during a visit to the Olympic Village in the suburbs of Paris: “Such issues are relatively serious.” I had thought about every single word about this light and heavy issue and about all its aspects, and it was completely calculated.

At the same time, the President of France refused to make any “geopolitical comments” about this and said that the war in Ukraine should not be mixed with the opening of the Olympic Village and added: Sports It should help peace and tranquility.

On February 26, at a meeting in Paris about Ukraine, which was held with the presence of 2 representatives from Western countries, Macron discussed the possibility of sending ground forces from Western countries to Ukraine. did not refuse He also said that there is no consensus on this issue, but such a scenario cannot be removed from the table in the future.

After this summit, representatives of most of the participating countries announced that their respective countries have no intention of sending troops to Ukraine and strongly opposed Macron’s statements. >