Published March 20, 2024
The head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service said he has information that France is preparing a military contingent of 2,000 troops to be sent to Ukraine.
In a report carried by the Russian state news agency TASS on Tuesday, March 19 Sergey Naryshkin, Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), says that he “has data according to which France is already preparing a military contingent to send to Ukraine.”
Naryshkin said the information Russia has received indicates that France is preparing an initial force of 2,000 troops for the operation and that “such a large military unit cannot be transferred and stationed in Ukraine unnoticed.
“It will thus become a legitimate priority target for attacks by the Russian armed forces. This means that it will suffer the fate of all the French who have ever come to the Russian world with a sword.”
Naryshkin’s comments were quickly picked up by Russian mainstream and social media.
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SOURCE: www.kyivpost.com
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Published March 20, 2024
The French Defense Ministry has denied Russia’s claims that France is preparing to send 2,000 troops to Ukraine.
Comments by the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) are “indicative of Russia’s systematic use of mass disinformation tactics,” the ministry told Anadolu in a written statement.
Also, the statement emphasized utmost caution to avoid falling prey to such manipulations.
The head of SVR, Sergey Naryshkin, claimed on Tuesday that France is preparing to send a contingent of 2,000 troops to Ukraine.
