The French government is strongly denying a claim by President Vladimir Putin's spy chief that Paris is preparing to send at least 2,000 combat troops to Ukraine to help Kyiv in its war against Russian invaders.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands after a press conference, on Feb. 16, 2024, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. **FILE**The accusation fuels a debate in Europe sparked when French President Emmanuel Macron recently said Western nations should drop their self-imposed prohibition on sending troops to. President Biden and other leaders have said that step would prove too provocative to Moscow and could trigger a wider war.
The French Ministry of the Armed Forces denied Mr. Naryshkin’s allegations, calling them “a further example of the systematic use of mass disinformation by Russia.” “We call for utmost vigilance to prevent any instrumentalization through this kind of campaign,” French officials said Tuesday on social media.
Other European leaders, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, have rejected Mr. Macron’s suggestion, but the French president has refused to back down, saying the idea of troops in“As the French Ministry of Armed Forces unofficially admits, the country has not seen such losses abroad since the Algerian War in the second half of the 20th century,” he said.
“Macron will sooner or later have to reveal the ugly truth, but he will try to delay the ‘confession’ as much as possible,” Mr. Naryshkin said. “The current leadership of the country does not care about the death of ordinary Frenchmen and the concerns of the generals.”
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