Loading ...France sends combat troops to Ukraine battlefront
Will the deployment of a Foreign Legion unit commanded by French officers trigger a wider European war?
France has sent its first troops officially to Ukraine. They have been deployed in support of the Ukrainian 54th Independent Mechanized Brigade in Slavyansk. The French soldiers are drawn from France’s 3rd Infantry Regiment, which is one of the main elements of France’s Foreign Legion (Légion étrangère).
In 2022 France had a number of Ukrainians and Russians in the Foreign Legion. They were allowed to leave the Legion and, in the case of the Ukrainians, return to Ukraine to join Ukrainian forces. It isn’t clear if the Russians returned home.
The decision to put the Legion soldiers in Slavyansk is extremely provocative and goes against statements from the French side, including Macron, to the effect that if France sent troops they would replace Ukrainian army units in western Ukraine who could, therefore, be moved eastward to fight the Russians. As Slavyansk is on the front line, this French image of a soft deployment is turning into a war with Russia directly.
https://asiatimes.com/2024/05/france-sends-combat-troops-to-ukraine-battlefront/
And so it begins………..
This is an admission by the west that Ukraine has lost the SMO. NATO doesn’t care how many, troops die while they try to drag Clueless Joe to election day as a war time president – can you imagine! No doubt the skunk that is Macron has been promised some exhaulted position to be out front about his indifference about the sacrifice of French troops to the disgusting western efforts in Ukraine. Both Europe and North America are covered in shame. Millions of deaths so we can pretend we rule the world.
We don’t rule the world. The world holds us in contempt. Is that what the west wants? Our leaders have brought us to this point because we have allowed them to do so. It is our responsibility to put people in power who reflect our views. Our irresponsible politics must come to an end!