Tuesday, July 2, 2024

French Foreign Legion Possibly Racked Up 'First Losses in Ukraine'

"French forces reportedly drawn from the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Foreign Legion have already been deployed “in support of the Ukrainian 54th Independent Mechanized Brigade in the city of Slavyansk," former US deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, Stephen Bryen, claimed earlier in an article for the Asia Times. The French Foreign Legion dispatched to
Ukraine has possibly sustained its first personnel losses, military correspondent Boris Rozhin stated on Telegram.
The mercenaries could have lost up to seven people in clashes with the Russian military near Chasov Yar, he wrote. The city in the Donetsk People’s Republic is currently under Kiev’s control, but the situation there is getting increasingly precarious for Ukraine’s forces.
These are no longer “TikTok soldiers” who came to Ukraine to earn a fast buck, but fled at the first threat they encountered, underscored Rozhin. He added that now "highly trained, professional military personnel of NATO countries” had entered the fray." Sputnik

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