Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), said on Tuesday that any French serviceman sent to Ukraine to help that country in its war with Russia would be a “priority target” for Russian forces, the statement was cataloged. by the French military as an “irresponsible provocation”, Reuters and Agerpres report.

Referring to the idea of ​​the possible introduction of foreign troops into Ukraine recently put forward by French President Emmanuel Macron, the head of Russian intelligence noted that any such French contingent “will become a legitimate and priority target for Russian troops.” “Such a fate awaited all Frenchmen who ever came with a saber to the territory of the Russian world,” noted Serhiy Naryshkin.

“We consider this type of provocation irresponsible,” responded an official representative of the French army, quoted by Reuters and without specifying, who added that the statement of the head of Russian intelligence is a new example of Russian “disinformation.”

French President Emmanuel Macron, after the international conference in support of Ukraine, which he organized on February 26, did not rule out that some of the states allied to Kyiv will send troops into Ukraine, because, according to him, “everything possible must be done for this.” Russia will not win this war.”

In an interview with Russian media last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed Macron’s “emotional” reaction for Russia “getting on France’s tail” in Africa, causing “discontent” in Paris.

French forces have been forced to withdraw from African countries such as Mali and Niger after the military junta in power there cut ties with France and moved closer to Russia, while Wagner’s Russian mercenary group stepped up its operations in Africa. continent

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