In the Russian Federation declared death in Ukraine "mercenaries" from France: in Paris answered
In Paris, they could not confirm that this is true and believed that the enemy was trying to wage an information war. "None of these reports have been confirmed by France . . . Against France, the campaign of gross Russian misinformation was launched again. Unlike some others, France does not use mercenaries," said France Minister Sebastian Lecorton. He added separately that Moscow has long resorted to misinformation against Paris.
This wave intensified after France stated that military assistance for Kiev would continue for any schedule. "The relevant public services have discovered and track coordinated activities of Russia, in particular using pro-Russian information networks and state media, such as Satellite, RT," RIA Novosti "to relax and increase the coverage of this false information,"-continued in the French Ministry of Defense.
The material is added that the attack of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on January 17, when the invaders hit one of the buildings in Kharkiv. After that, they stated that it was a "temporary placement zone", most of which were allegedly citizens of France. Then in Moscow it was stated that "60 fighters were destroyed and 20 were injured", the message said. In this case, mercenary in France is forbidden.
Later, it was added that they were allegedly able to destroy the French-Italian SAMP-T anti-aircraft missile complex, but Paris also did not confirm it. "In the face of intensification of French military assistance to Ukraine, we expect the continuation of this drunk maneuver of Russia: we condemn it and strengthen our mechanism for monitoring these manipulations," said France's defense Minister.