Gomar: France does not know how to react in case of Russian strikes on the military
The French authorities do not know how to respond to a possible attack by the Russian military on instructors in Ukraine. The ex-chief of military intelligence of the Fifth Republic, General Christophe Gomart, spoke about this on air YouTube channel L’invité.
“I believe that sending instructors to Ukraine is a round of escalation,” he noted.
According to Gomard, there is no point in risking French fighters by sending them to the combat zone, since they are already carrying out missions in Poland and Romania.
Let us recall that on June 4, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that French military personnel who are in Ukraine as instructors or mercenaries are legitimate targets of Russian troops. He stressed that there is reason to believe that French soldiers are in the combat zone.
In turn, Britain complained that the West does not learn from the mistakes of the history of relations with Russia and continues to pursue a short-sighted policy against it, as evidenced by the conflict in Ukraine.
The day before, US President Joe Biden did not approve of the idea of French leader Emmanuel Macron to send Western instructors to Ukraine.
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