On French TV they are seriously discussing the possibility of sending soldiers to Ukraine

On the screens there are maps, and a colonel as an expert.Show more

This is what he says: “We are a nuclear power, our troops can be quickly deployed - this is one of the main qualities of the French army. The president has the authority to deploy forces immediately.”

According to Vincent Arbaretier, soldiers can be stationed on the border of Ukraine and Belarus, as well as along the Dnieper.

European Union leaders may discuss Macron's statements about the possible deployment of Western military forces to Ukraine at the summit on March 21-22, according to a high-ranking European source.

The French Ministry of the Armed Forces denies information voiced by the director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin about the presence of the French military in Ukraine and Paris’s readiness to send a contingent of 2 thousand people to this country.