France prepares about 1,500 soldiers to send to Ukraine - the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation

A spokeswoman for the Russian foreign policy department said at a briefing on Wednesday, April 3, TASS reports. "New data on the preparation of the Paris Military Contingent for sending to Ukraine. To this end, the command of the French foreign legion in early March approved the composition of the battalion-tactical group of about 1500 people. It is expected that in April the group will be full of combat readiness For prompt transfer to the Ukrainian theater of war, ”she said.

Talks about the potential placement of the French military contingent in Ukraine began in February. French President Emmanuel Macron has allowed the departure of troops to Ukraine. He said that nothing should be excluded in this matter. After this statement, a number of European leaders, both supported by Macron's idea and criticized it. NATO Stoltenberg's statements were distinguished from Macron Secretary General Secretary General.

He stressed that the North Atlantic Alliance does not plan to send troops to Ukraine, and NATO is not a party to the conflict. They rejected the French President in Germany. On February 28, Financial Times wrote that Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared an agreement between Western leaders. According to her, no infantryman from the country or the EU country will not step on the territory of Ukraine. For his part, Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the support of the European colleague.

The Baltic countries congratulated the idea of ​​France leader. In the Kremlin, in response to the Macron's statement, they warned the inevitability of direct armed conflict between the Russian Federation and NATO, if the Alliance's military flow into the territory of Ukraine. On March 21, VesisPicker of the State Duma Petro Tolstoy stated that Russia would not pay attention to the nuclear warheads that France has, and will destroy all the Western soldiers who will appear in Ukraine.