Russian Ambassador to Paris Alexei Meshkov said that he held a meeting with French MPs, during which he conveyed to them a message from the State Duma to the French National Assembly (lower house of parliament) about French mercenaries in Ukraine. This was reported by TASS.
The diplomat also told parliamentarians that he had given parliamentarians a printout from the website of the Ukrainian Embassy in France, which included a call for French citizens to join the Ukrainian “foreign legion” and explained who could become members of this “legion”. The Ambassador noted that these instructions were accompanied by a special form for applying for membership.
“My French interlocutors reacted in such a way that they were seeing this for the first time,” he said.
Before that the State Duma accepted the objection To the French Parliament regarding the participation of foreign mercenaries in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine.
The document emphasizes that Paris actively rejects the presence of French mercenaries in the conflict zone. Moreover, French legislation prohibits citizens of the country from becoming mercenaries.
The appeal also states that objective data on the situation on the battlefield indicate the participation of mercenaries from France in the war in Ukraine. We are specifically talking about information about losses in relevant units.
On January 17, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Russian army hit In a building in the city of Kharkov. According to the ministry, there were more than 60 French mercenaries in the building.
Putin before statedHe said foreign mercenaries in the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered losses “due to their stupidity.”
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Source: Gazeta
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