French on both sides of the Ukrainian front? During a statement to the official TASS news agency this Wednesday, April 30, relayed by Le FigaroRussian president Vladimir Putin said that “Some French citizens fight on the front alongside Russia”. “There have always been people who share the values of Russia in France”estimates the master of the Kremlin, adding “May such citizens still exist today”.
These French fighters would be gathered in a unit called “Normandie-Niémen”, according to the head of state. A reference to a unit formed in 1942 and made up of volunteer French pilots, who fought Nazi Germany on the eastern front alongside the Soviet army.
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According to a program of the Russian public television channel Ria, quoted by Le Figaroaround thirty French people would have passed through this unit, specializing in the use of drones. Among them, a certain Gauthier, ex-military, explains his motivations in these terms: “Russians and French must fight together against the” degenerate ideas “of the West and the LGBT movement, which are morally destructive”.
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“Russians and French must fight together against the” degenerate ideas “of the West and the LGBT movement”
The participation of French alongside the Ukrainian army has been more documented. From the start of the war in 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited foreign volunteers to join an “international legion” in order to repel the Russian invader. French nationals answered the call: if the Quai d’Orsay denies the existence of French “mercenaries” on the front, Paris has confirmed the death of several French fighters who have joined the international Legion since the start of hostilities.
Three years of conflict
Three years after the start of the conflict in Ukraine, which has earned Russia for heavy economic sanctions on the part of Westerners, the Trump administration tries to convince Moscow to negotiate with kyiv an end of hostilities. On April 23, the American president assured that he “Think (have) to have an agreement” with Russia, but that the exchanges were “More difficult” With Volodymyr Zelensky. The future of the Ukrainian territories occupied by the Russian army is one of the key issues.
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Recently, the American president assured that he thought that his Ukrainian counterpart was ready to give in Crimea to Russia, an idea that kyiv has long refused to envisage. In addition, the increase in the Russian army on the ground could discourage Vladimir Putin from putting an end to the conflict.
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