The Russian president reported a unit called Normandie-Niémen, a name that refers to a hunting regiment created during the Second World War. It would be made up of around thirty French officers and former soldiers, according to the leader quoted by the daily.
One of them called Gauthier explains his motivations: “Russians and French must fight together against degenerate ideas of the West and the LGBT movement, which are morally destructive. Another is cited, nicknamed Padre, a former instructor in the foreign legion, who evokes in his words Charles de Gaulle and Jacques Chirac. The two men are part of a team specializing in drone war.
Symbolic words
During the conflict of 39/45, the Normandy Unity Niémen had fought Nazi Germany with the Soviet army. However, Vladimir Putin likes to justify the invasion of Ukraine by regularly qualifying the Ukrainian authorities as “Nazies”. His statements take on a particular echo while Russia is preparing to commemorate, on May 9, the capitulation of Nazi Germany against the Allies and the USSR. A three -day truce is also announced on May 8, 9 and 10. Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, denounces a media maneuver.
