The flow of dismissals of military personnel in European armies increased. The publication reports that Policy.
Last week in France, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu proposed a plan for possible incentives for active soldiers.
“At NATO meetings we often talk about equipment, but now we also talk about military retention levels [в рядах вооруженных сил]”said Lecornu.
In addition to France, Germany, whose number of Bundeswehr was reduced by 1.5 thousand people to 181.5 thousand military personnel in 2023, also faced the problem of mass layoffs and termination of contracts. And they note that the number of personnel in the British Armed Forces is decreasing annually by 1.1 thousand people.
Sergei Naryshkin, formerly Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of the Russian Federation statedIt was stated that the French unit preparing to be sent to Ukraine was the primary target of the Russian army.
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