Schill said France could engage a division of 20,000 troops within 30 days to operate as part of an allied coalition. Paris, he added, would be able to command a force of around 60,000 soldiers made up of French and other allied troops. The French army comprises some 121,000 soldiers, with 24,000 reservists.
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French troops are ready for “the toughest engagements,” the commander of the country’s ground forces has said, as President Emmanuel Macron mulls an official military deployment to Ukraine despite repeated Russian threats of retaliation.
Macron is at the forefront of a nascent proposal by a handful of NATO nations to discuss sending allied forces into Ukraine in training and advisory roles, though not as combat troops.
“The sources of crisis are multiplying and carry with them risks of spiraling or extending,” the commander added, though he did not specifically refer to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz appeared to reveal in February, however, that small numbers of French and British personnel are assisting Ukrainian troops in the targeting of Storm Shadow/SCALP missiles provided by the two NATO nations.
President Joe Biden has “made it clear that we will not put U.S. boots on the ground,” National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said last week.
One European diplomatic official—who spoke with Newsweek earlier this month on the condition of anonymity—said: “I doubt you can change Russia’s calculus just by sending trainers to Ukraine.”
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