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| | ===NATO war in Ukraine=== | | ===NATO war in Ukraine=== |
| | {{See also|NATO war in Ukraine}} | | {{See also|NATO war in Ukraine}} |
| | + | At the end of February 2024, Macron set the task for the French Ministry of the Armed Forces to study the issue of sending forces of the Foreign Legion to Ukraine. On February 27, 2024, by order of the French command, the formation of three companies of fighters from the Foreign Legion began. |
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| | According to the French ''Marianne'' paper in March 2024, a secret series of 'assessments' by the French military written in the fall of 2023, following [[2023 Ukraine counteroffensive|Kiev's disastrous ground offensive]], concluded that: "[[Ukraine]] cannot win this [[war]] militarily." The report praises the [[Russian]] forces as the new “tactical and technical” standard of how to run defensive operations and debunks the media myth of “meat assaults."<ref>https://www.marianne.net/monde/europe/guerre-en-ukraine-endurance-russe-echec-de-la-contre-offensive-ce-que-cache-le-virage-de-macron</ref> A summary of the report states: | | According to the French ''Marianne'' paper in March 2024, a secret series of 'assessments' by the French military written in the fall of 2023, following [[2023 Ukraine counteroffensive|Kiev's disastrous ground offensive]], concluded that: "[[Ukraine]] cannot win this [[war]] militarily." The report praises the [[Russian]] forces as the new “tactical and technical” standard of how to run defensive operations and debunks the media myth of “meat assaults."<ref>https://www.marianne.net/monde/europe/guerre-en-ukraine-endurance-russe-echec-de-la-contre-offensive-ce-que-cache-le-virage-de-macron</ref> A summary of the report states: |
| | {{quotebox-float|"While [[Macron]] might be preparing something disastrous, the French Armed Forces are trying to sound the alarm through the French [[media]]. | | {{quotebox-float|"While [[Macron]] might be preparing something disastrous, the French Armed Forces are trying to sound the alarm through the French [[media]]. |
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| | The article assesses that there is no conceivable path currently to a Ukrainian military victory."<ref>DDGeopolitics</ref>}} | | The article assesses that there is no conceivable path currently to a Ukrainian military victory."<ref>DDGeopolitics</ref>}} |
| − | At the end of February 2024, Macron set the task for the French Ministry of the Armed Forces to study the issue of sending forces of the Foreign Legion to Ukraine. On February 27, 2024, by order of the French command, the formation of three companies of fighters from the Foreign Legion began.
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| | On March 5, 2024, the French military leadership and the command of the Legion approved the staffing of the battalion tactical group, to include 1,500 military personnel. This battalion tactical group includes three companies of the Legion, which were assigned for this unit before. These are : | | On March 5, 2024, the French military leadership and the command of the Legion approved the staffing of the battalion tactical group, to include 1,500 military personnel. This battalion tactical group includes three companies of the Legion, which were assigned for this unit before. These are : |
| | *one material support company; | | *one material support company; |