BREAKING: France is preparing to deploy 2,000 troops to Ukraine to help fight Russia.

🇫🇷French ground troops for Ukraine 🇺🇦⁉️

📺”It is our duty to prepare for every scenario. It would be a mistake not to do so. What operations can the French carry out? This is exactly what we will examine together with Colonel Arbaroutier using maps,”

❗️🇫🇷French mercenaries have been spotted in Bulgaria on their way to Ukraine?🇺🇦

Locals claim to have seen convoys of French mercenaries and equipment near the town of Sliven, flying to Sofia and then travelling by truck to Ukraine.

The day before, the US Navy cargo ship Leroy A. Mendonica delivered to the port of Alexandroupolis in northern Greece a shipment of military equipment to be deployed in Europe as part of the “reinforcement of NATO forces on the continent”.

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🇫🇷 French army says prepared for ‘toughest’ engagements

French (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/french-army-says-prepared-for-toughest-engagements/articleshow/108621040.cms) ground forces, under 🎖General Pierre Schill, assert readiness to confront any threat, preparing for potential tough engagements, amid President 🤹‍♂️Macron’s openness to deploying troops to assist 🇺🇦Ukraine. Schill emphasizes their capacity to deter attacks on France, citing readiness to engage a division of 20,000 troops within 30 days and command an army of 60,000 alongside allies.

💬”However the international situation may evolve, French people can be certain that their soldiers stand ready to respond,” he said.

Schill said a display of French military capabilities would help to 📎”deter any attack on France “.

💬”To protect itself from any attack and to defend its interests, the French army is preparing for even the toughest engagements,” he said.

He quoted the Latin adage “si vis pacem, para bellum” — 💬”if you want peace, prepare for war”.

Schill said that France could engage a division of 🪖20,000 troops in a coalition within 30 days and could itself command an army of around 60,000 soldiers by joining other 🇫🇲allied nations.

The French army says it counts 121,000 🪖soldiers and can call up 24,000 reservists.

Schill did not specifically refer to the invasion of 🇺🇦Ukraine by 🇷🇺Russia and the risk of the conflict spreading. But he said 💬”the sources of crisis are multiplying and carry with them risks of spiralling or extending”.

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