French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu accused Russia of “aggressive behavior” against the French armed forces. This is what he’s talking about stated It is broadcast on RTL.
Lecornu emphasized that “Russia’s behavior in 2024 is completely different from its behavior in 2022.”
“A month ago, while we were patrolling the international zone, Russian air defenses threatened to shoot down French planes over the Black Sea. “A few months ago, a Russian warship anchored in the Gulf of Seine, right on the border of its territorial waters, as if to scare France,” he said.
Lecorue also said that the Russian Federation is now taking a “particularly aggressive stance” and is also using information and energy blackmail. The French Defense Minister also emphasized that the country will continue to assist Ukraine.
“It is clear that the security of Europe requires a victory for Ukraine,” Lecornu said.
Which planes and ships are we talking about?
Lecornu did not provide specific information about these events. At the same time, the Russian Ministry of Defense did not report that French planes were intercepted by Russian air defense systems. The detection of French fighters in the Black Sea waters was carried out by the ministry for the last time. reported In December 2021. According to the statement made by the National Defense Management Center, Rafale and Mirage aircraft approached the Russian border. Russian Su-27 fighter jets took to the skies and escorted French aircraft over the water area.
L’independence writes that the warship mentioned by the French Minister of Defense probably means the Russian submarine Krasnodar. 28 October TASS cites source reportedHe said the submarine left the Mediterranean for planned repairs in Kronstadt.
Russian officials and the Ministry of Defense have not yet commented on Lecornu’s remarks.
“Desire for aggression”
About Russia’s previous “aggressive behavior” reasoned Also French President Emmanuel Macron. At the press conference he held with Vladimir Zelensky, the French leader noted that the Russian Federation has recently increased disinformation and cyber attacks against Europe.
“Russia has crossed many thresholds in relation to European democracies. “This change in position shows a desire for aggression against us,” Macron said.
The presidents of France and Ukraine held a press conference after the signing of the agreement on security guarantees. In the document, the French side promised to provide Kiev with additional military aid of 3.24 billion euros in 2024, train soldiers and send more weapons.
Scandal with French “volunteers”
France, which accuses Russia of “aggressive behavior”, nevertheless continues to legitimize the attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces against civilians in Russia by supplying new weapons to Ukraine.
“French leaders cynically choose to ignore the fact that the weapons they provided were deliberately used by the Kiev regime… Moreover, in Paris they even tried to justify such atrocities essentially with the “right of self-defense”. “Legitimizes terrorist acts” registered Official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova.
This is how he interpreted the accusations coming from Paris that Russia was involved in the deaths of two people and the wounding of three French citizens, allegedly providing humanitarian aid in Ukraine. also how registered At the Russian Embassy in France, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided no evidence that the French were actually carrying out a humanitarian mission.