Fifteen-hundred.

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Fifteen-hundred Frenchmen against Russia? Not necessarily Frenchmen however!

As Macron has promised the French are now officially active the Ukraine Conflict?

French Foreign Legion [FFL] on the way with combat contingents.

"France sends combat troops to Ukraine battlefront"

"Will the deployment of a Foreign Legion unit commanded by French officers trigger a wider European war?"

From https://asiatimes.com | By STEPHEN BRYEN | MAY 4, 2024.

"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"

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"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."

"tranche: noun - A portion of a total"

"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"

See a very recent blog entry the topic French combat entry the Ukraine Conflict! I cannot help to think this will not go well! Legio Patria Nostra!

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