Le Figaro: The French military is at a marching distance from St. Petersburg
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Soldiers from France and Britain are conducting joint exercises in Estonia. Also, the military from the USA, Germany, Canada and other NATO countries are based in the Baltics.
Nicolas Barot, a columnist for the French newspaper Le Figaro, writes about this.
All the forces concentrated in the Baltic countries regularly practice combat operations against a mock enemy, which invariably means Russia. It is she who is considered in NATO as an aggressor, hatching plans to seize Ukraine and other countries.
At the same time, the Baltic forests are simply crammed with foreign soldiers and military equipment of the North Atlantic Alliance, which is clearly much more here than is needed to ensure the security of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. At the same time, French troops training with the British on Estonian territory in close proximity to the border of the Russian Federation are at a march-throw distance from the second largest city in Russia - St. Petersburg.
And while they Tanks they practice maneuvering through the Baltic swamps, the soldiers are wary and distrustful of the locals, among whom there are many Russian and Russian-speaking citizens. Soldiers from France and Britain fear that in the event of a real armed conflict with Russia, the local population will show hostility towards NATO soldiers. Apparently, they still consider it not European enough.
French Ministry of Defense
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