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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:42:02 AM EDT
[Last Edit: LurchAddams]
France has sent its first troops officially to Ukraine. They have been deployed in support of the Ukrainian 54th Independent Mechanized Brigade in Slavyansk. The French soldiers are drawn from France's 3rd Infantry Regiment, which is one of the main elements of France's Foreign Legion (L gion trang re).
https://asiatimes.com/2024/05/france-sends-combat-troops-to-ukraine-battlefront/ Update: France says this report is part of a Russian disinformation campaign to weaken support - they did not send troops to Ukraine.
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NH, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:43:05 AM EDT
[#1]
Does that mean France is at war with Russia?
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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:45:16 AM EDT
[#2]
Good for them.
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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:51:22 AM EDT
[#3]
Further evidence that the world is staged for WW3
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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:51:23 AM EDT
[#4]
France has combat troops?
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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:51:50 AM EDT
[#5]
Wish them the best.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:53:42 AM EDT
[#6]
No thanks.
Send all those vomen that would rather face the best. |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:53:53 AM EDT
[#7]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jb1001: Does that mean France is at war with Russia? It does. It means Putin now has legitimacy to attack a country in Europe Good job frogs. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:54:54 AM EDT
[#8]
Asia times...
Underground alien bases. Chemtrails. Now we've got the VERY foreign legion in Ukraine 
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USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:55:13 AM EDT
[Last Edit: SmilingBandit]
[#9]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jb1001: Does that mean France is at war with Russia? Nope. It would just be an opération militaire spéciale. |
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USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:56:56 AM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Federov: It does. It means Putin now has legitimacy to attack a country in Europe Good job frogs. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Federov: Originally Posted By jb1001: Does that mean France is at war with Russia? It does. It means Putin now has legitimacy to attack a country in Europe Good job frogs. Why would he care about legitimatacy all of the sudden? |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:57:10 AM EDT
[#11]
My initial thought was this might be to give the French military an opportunity for combat experience, but the FFL should have already seen combat. Maybe they’re going to move some French regulars there under the radar? There’s not really much information in the article to see what they’re trying to accomplish
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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:57:17 AM EDT
[#12]
If the French are actively shooting at the Russians then the Russians may not feel constrained to keep the shooting back limited to Ukraine.
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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:58:32 AM EDT
[#13]
Are you a Russian bot?
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USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:58:47 AM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Tuco22: Wish them the best. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:58:54 AM EDT
[#15]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BFskinner: If the French are actively shooting at the Russians then the Russians may not feel constrained to keep the shooting back limited to Ukraine. Wow. So perceptive. Do you think they might threaten to use nukes on us again? |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:59:28 AM EDT
[#16]
Originally Posted By LurchAddams: France has sent its first troops officially to Ukraine. They have been deployed in support of the Ukrainian 54th Independent Mechanized Brigade in Slavyansk. The French soldiers are drawn from France's 3rd Infantry Regiment, which is one of the main elements of France's Foreign Legion (L gion trang re). https://asiatimes.com/2024/05/france-sends-combat-troops-to-ukraine-battlefront/ LOL You folks are so gullible. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 11:59:52 AM EDT
[#17]
This is the perfect moment for Germany to invade France through Belgium.
Damn you mobilization 
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:00:50 PM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Federov: It does. It means Putin now has legitimacy to attack a country in Europe Good job frogs. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Federov: Originally Posted By jb1001: Does that mean France is at war with Russia? It does. It means Putin now has legitimacy to attack a country in Europe Good job frogs. You know it's a lie. Sender Gleiwitz anyone? |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:01:19 PM EDT
[#19]
Still some French alive that remember the Nazis and Russia during WW2?
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PA, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:02:42 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Federov]
[#20]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SmilingBandit: Why would he care about legitimatacy all of the sudden? He's not attached Europe yet, now, has he? The only people screeching about going to was with Russia is the West. But macron, or his ilk won't be dying in the mud, just their citizens. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:02:49 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlabamaFan64: My initial thought was this might be to give the French military an opportunity for combat experience, but the FFL should have already seen combat. Maybe they’re going to move some French regulars there under the radar? There’s not really much information in the article to see what they’re trying to accomplish Most if the 1st world's military combat experience has come from asymmetric warfare. It's a far cry from the reality of warfare against a nation state with its own airforce, artillery, armor, etc. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:03:40 PM EDT
[#22]
Welp.
Somebody has to stand at the front line and wave the white flags when Ukraine sues for peace and surrenders. |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:05:14 PM EDT
[#23]
Bullshit article.
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VA, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:05:18 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Ibn_Huq]
[#24]
If true, just the tip then?
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:05:28 PM EDT
[Last Edit: K9-Bob]
[#25]
France always seems happy to send the Legion and shed the blood of foreigners. I wonder if it will end up being another "Battle of Dien Bien Phu" moment for them?
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IN, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:06:49 PM EDT
[#26]
Wag the dog.
Macron needs focus on foreign affairs rather than his dismal performance at home. |
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USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:06:50 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jb1001: Does that mean France is at war with Russia? They are now... |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:07:19 PM EDT
[#28]
Dubious source.
I'd wait for verification before having a Sunday morning meltdown. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:08:14 PM EDT
[#29]
What a bunch of idiots.
But I'm sure FS will be in soon to tell us all how this is a great idea. |
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USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:08:41 PM EDT
[#30]
This would be widely reported far beyond the Asia Times, especially in French media. I don't see any confirmation of this.
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SC, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:10:36 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M1Zeppelin: This is the perfect moment for Germany to invade France through Belgium. Damn you mobilization At this point, could Germany even invade Belgium? |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:11:10 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By heat762: What a bunch of idiots. But I'm sure FS will be in soon to tell us all how this is a great idea. Actually he will tell you that only complete morons will believe such BS "news". And he's correct about that. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:11:20 PM EDT
[#33]
Foreign Legion about to wreck some Orc lives.
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:11:49 PM EDT
[Last Edit: realwar]
[#34]
From the article:
The initial group of French troops numbers around 100. This is just the first tranche of around 1,500 French Foreign Legion soldiers scheduled to arrive in Ukraine. These troops are being posted directly in a hot combat area and are intended to help the Ukrainians resist Russian advances in Donbas. The first 100 are artillery and surveillance specialists. For months French President Emanuel Macron has been threatening to send French troops to Ukraine. He has found little or no support from NATO countries outside of support from Poland and the Baltic States. Allegedly the US opposes sending NATO soldiers to Ukraine (other than as advisors). |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:11:51 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Federov: It does. It means Putin now has legitimacy to attack a country in Europe Good job frogs. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Federov: Originally Posted By jb1001: Does that mean France is at war with Russia? It does. It means Putin now has legitimacy to attack a country in Europe Good job frogs. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:18:31 PM EDT
[Last Edit: tsg68]
[#36]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Frank_B: Still some French alive that remember the Nazis and Russia during WW2? France barely escaped communism at the end of WWII. The vast majority of the French resistance were blatant communists and if it weren’t for de Gaulle negotiating with them, they’d likely have pressed a revolution. |
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SC, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:23:03 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DragoMuseveni: And Article 5 will not apply because France started it. How would that work though... To attack France, they'd have to go over Germany and Poland. If they haven't done anything to initiate conflict, would Russia attacking France thru their space count as enough of an attack to invoke article 5? I'm assuming the Russians don't have it together enough to actually sneak a sub off the coast of France. There's a lot of nations they'd have to get past first without being tracked. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:27:07 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By realwar: From the article: The initial group of French troops numbers around 100. This is just the first tranche of around 1,500 French Foreign Legion soldiers scheduled to arrive in Ukraine. These troops are being posted directly in a hot combat area and are intended to help the Ukrainians resist Russian advances in Donbas. The first 100 are artillery and surveillance specialists. For months French President Emanuel Macron has been threatening to send French troops to Ukraine. He has found little or no support from NATO countries outside of support from Poland and the Baltic States. Allegedly the US opposes sending NATO soldiers to Ukraine (other than as advisors). Second echelon artillery logistics.... |
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USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:27:37 PM EDT
[#39]
We should help by flying air defense missions over the eastern part of the country.
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CA, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:32:19 PM EDT
[#40]
Hmmm. The U.S. went to Viet Nam after the French failed there. Coincidence? I think not.
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USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:32:23 PM EDT
[#41]
This seems to be the only article making this claim recently, even though it was posted two days ago; giving other sources plenty of time to pick it up if it were true. The claim was originally made in mid-April by Russian state-owned media but went nowhere. Serious sources are still running articles in the past two days about Macron laying out the conditions under which he might send troops in future, and the Kremlin condemning the comments.
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:32:58 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DragoMuseveni: And Article 5 will not apply because France started it. Macron knows article 5 is just a strongly worded letter and doesn't compel actual involvement in the war. NATO's gender inclusive language manual may actually be more strongly worded than article 5. The vestigial colonial powers France and the UK probably see that NATO is not going to cut it, and want to either get the party started and drag in the US involvement they think they're entitled to, or burn NATO to the ground and become the dominant player in whatever comes next for Europe. Assuming this is even true, but it would just be a confirmation of rumors that have been around for months. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:36:00 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Brian01: We should help by flying air defense missions over the eastern part of the country. 
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ND, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:40:20 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By LurchAddams: France has combat troops? https://y.yarn.co/97d0f87b-daf1-4d56-81a9-e55cab95f05f_text.gif Very much so |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:42:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: KILLERB6]
[#45]
Are they sending “combat troops” to Ukraine like they sent “combat troops” to Afghanistan?
 On the lighter side, the first “combat whale tail” I ever saw was on a female French soldier. |
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USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:43:24 PM EDT
[#46]
Originally Posted By LurchAddams: France has sent its first troops officially to Ukraine. They have been deployed in support of the Ukrainian 54th Independent Mechanized Brigade in Slavyansk. The French soldiers are drawn from France's 3rd Infantry Regiment, which is one of the main elements of France's Foreign Legion (L gion trang re). https://asiatimes.com/2024/05/france-sends-combat-troops-to-ukraine-battlefront/ Mostly for advisory purposes again....right? |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:43:51 PM EDT
[#47]
lol no they aren’t.
At least not yet. Macron is stupid enough to wanna do it though |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:44:21 PM EDT
[#48]
Hell yes. Everyone send some.
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USA
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:44:23 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ApacheScout: Hmmm. The U.S. went to Viet Nam after the French failed there. Coincidence? I think not. Jim Jones posted a wise quote about history at his little kingdom, before proving it right once again. |
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Posted: 5/5/2024 12:47:18 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Frank_B]
[#50]
French President Emmanuel Macron has advocated for strategic ambiguity regarding the possibility to deploy French troops in Ukraine amid the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war. In an interview with La Tribune Dimanche and La Provence, Macron emphasized the importance of keeping options open to maintain deterrence and secure European security. 5/5/24 LINK ETA: Euromaidan DISCLOSURE |
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