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Denial: 'France has prepared 22,000 militants for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the training of Ukrainian military personnel itself is proof of direct involvement of Paris in the war.' Russian propaganda also tries to present French military aid as covert support for Ukraine's 'terrorist activities.' In fact: France is indeed involved in the training of Ukrainian military personnel – this is officially confirmed by the French Ministry of Defense. This includes training in tactics, combat training, weapons handling, logistics, and other military specialties within the framework of bilateral programs and the EU mission EUMAM. At the same time, this does not mean that France has 'prepared 22,000 militants' in the sense that Russian propaganda implies. The French Ministry of Defense reported in February 2026 that over 20,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been trained in France or Poland as part of bilateral cooperation and European missions. In other words, Russian resources substitute concepts, calling Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen 'militants' and using the fact of international military training to promote the thesis of alleged 'direct involvement' of France in the war. And the assertion about Ukraine's 'terrorist activities' is a political assessment by the Russian authorities, not an established fact. Subscribe to Spravdi on Telegram
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