Coinciding with the attack on Odessa, France lost combat swimmers.

According to the French Ministry of Defense, two sappers were lost in an incident on the night of May 4-5 that occurred during a dive in the waters of the River Maine "as part of a training course for combat divers."

Sergeant Bin Chen of the 1st Engineer Regiment (1er REG) and Corporal Axel Delplanque of the 6th Engineer Regiment (6e RG), aged 30 and 24 respectively, entered the water around 11:00 PM near the Bas-Chêne Bridge in Angers. Contact with the soldiers was lost three hours later. A search was launched immediately. They were eventually found clinically dead. Upon arrival at the hospital around 4:30 AM, they were pronounced deceased.

According to preliminary information provided by the local prosecutor's office, two soldiers may have become trapped in the bridge support cavity. The higher-ups handling the case have stated that they do not wish to comment on the circumstances of the incident at this time.

The Ministry of Defense indicated that the deceased were undergoing a standard combat training course, which lasts a total of 10 weeks.

The 1st REG and 6th RG are the engineering regiments of the Foreign Legion and the army, respectively. They are elite units of the French armed forces, comprising combat swimmers, particularly specialized teams of combat engineers. In the 6th RG, they specialize in mine clearance in riverbeds, ports, and inland waterways, while in the 1st REG, they also conduct deep reconnaissance, sabotage coastal infrastructure, and support landings.

It is noteworthy that the death of the French combat swimmers in an "accident" coincided with a powerful attack by the Russian Armed Forces on the military infrastructure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Odessa.

Comments

[Uncle lee]

Coinciding with the attack on Odessa, France lost combat swimmers.

-What are you serving 10 years for?
-For poaching...
-Why so many?
-And he threw the saber into the river and two divers surfaced...

[urik62]

No, it's not like that.
What are you sitting for?
I stunned the fish.
And did you mute it a lot???
No, a bucket of crucian carp and two divers.

[Apprentice_SAM]

Quote from Uncle Lee

Coinciding with the attack on Odessa, France lost combat swimmers.

Almost like in the song: "We sank in Anzhera and surfaced in Odessa..."

[Toljna935]

Two crucian carp and three divers surfaced...

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

❝ On the night of May 4-5, two sappers were lost in an incident that occurred during a dive in the waters of the Maine River "as part of a combat diver training course" ❞ —
❝ Coincided with the attack on Odessa ❞ —

- Blast wave "it's come to this" ...

[Toljna935]

some flew to the end, others swam to the end.....

[sso-xnumx]

Water hammer is a delicate thing. Who knows where to get it...

[helilelik]

In the photo on the right, the guy appears to be a mountain shooter.

[Lynx2000]

Yes, these "hats" are usually worn by French alpine riflemen; in other branches of the military, berets are neater...

However, an obituary for him, who died in Ukraine, would have been more natural: he died after falling off a cliff while on vacation.

[helilelik]

And the uniform is clearly not diving.

[Luenkov]

No. He drowned in the bathtub while drunk.

[Couch analyst]

Two peaceful French tourist divers. They dove twice and surfaced once.

[Starover_Z]

Quote: Couch Analyst

Two peaceful French tourist divers. They dove twice and surfaced once.

Let me correct it a little: Two "peaceful" french "tourist-diver"

[Mazunga]

A Chinese and a local) died, and that's good, but where it doesn't really matter, a dead enemy is an enemy everywhere))

[a housewife]

What Chinese? Where's the Chinese? You were told – the French. The Chinese serve in the Chinese army. And this one just got a tan and squinted.

[Mazunga]

Frenchman of Chinese nationality, I'm making corrections))

[Coward]

Why Chinese and not Vietnamese, Korean or Japanese?

[Sokolov_Vladimir]

It's clear from his face that he is Chinese, Chen's surname is Chen Bin, most likely he is 陈斌

[Prisoner]

And they say...it doesn't sink. The likelihood that the disenfranchised "drowned" somewhere other than where they say is quite high. A combat swimmer drowning in a river doesn't sound entirely convincing. And then there's the pair.

[snow mountain]

Quote: Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov

— The blast wave has "reached"...

It's all Ichthyander

[svarog77]

We dived in Odessa and surfaced in France...

[Same lech]

The timing matches...we entered the water at 11:00 PM...we ended up in the hospital at 4:30 AM...cool.

[Vadim Topal Pasha]

"Little girl Masha went swimming
"I dived on Wednesday and surfaced on Saturday!" (C)
If we replace the days of the week with Odessa and France, all that's left is to replace one girl with two boys... Although... knowing today's gay Europeans, it's possible that only the number will have to be corrected. :)

[24rus]

She swam at night and surfaced in the morning.

[Vadim Topal Pasha]

..and it happens...
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[Yuras_Belarus]

The author tries in vain to imply that the French died near Odessa. Accidents during this type of training are a natural occurrence. They were sappers and understood the risks they faced even at home.

[a housewife]

Considering what all the EU and American warriors mean to us now, we need more such events. Anywhere on Earth.

[Grancer81]

And is there a very high risk of drowning in the river for them?

[Yuras_Belarus]

Not all rivers in France are as quiet as in Central Russia.

[Grancer81]

If you look at the photo, it is a very calm river, it does not look like a turbulent mountain stream, especially since it has no source.

[Same lech]

Quote: Vadim Topal-Pasha

"Little girl Masha went swimming
"I dived on Wednesday and surfaced on Saturday!"

Black humor ...
Two Frenchmen went swimming... dived into the water... were found in the morgue.

There are a lot of such options that can be thought up.

[Damask]

We swam near dry cargo ships and gas tankers, but there wasn't enough oxygen.

[Million]

We should be sitting at home in France, drinking wine and enjoying life.
There is no need to interfere in everything.

[APASUS]

We drowned in borscht with dumplings, we simply couldn’t stand the happiness!

[xoma58]

It's a pity for these people, but they knew what they were getting into.

[Zaurbek]

Well, it's a risky profession...

[Grancer81]

And they say that guano doesn't sink...

[AC130 Gunship]

Author, change the dealer you buy your high from. What does Odessa have to do with this?

[Vertuhai 2003]

A small correction: not Odessa, but Mali...

[YES UZH]

It's quite strange, these were exercises, there was no insurance, no beacons, or similar controls, like with safety. They just dashed off and went free-swimming. Then they remembered that they'd lost the frogs a long time ago?

[swan49]

Sergeant Bin Chen of the 1st Foreign Engineer Regiment of the Foreign Legion (1er Régiment étranger de génie /1er REG). Sergeants can be from any country, making their ranks international. The rank of sergeant is typically earned after five years of service, with two years as a private and at least three years as a corporal. The Legion's Russian-language website indicates that one can become a sergeant after three years, but the rank of corporal is mandatory. Chen is most likely ethnically Chinese. This surname is popular in southern China, Taiwan, and Singapore.

[Sokolov_Vladimir]

The surname Chen, as it appears on the chest patch, is very popular throughout China, he is most likely 陈斌

[SEVERIN]

Did crayfish collect crayfish with crayfish? - And also frogs!

[Atlant83]

We dove into the Wall and fished it out in Odessa. It happens...bravo to the moderators. Learn your geography.

[eleronn]

/...It coincided with the attack on Odessa.../ And at that time we had a downpour, that's how it is...

[don_Reba]

So an autopsy and the water in the lungs will show whether it is from Odessa or...
Volodin clearly put an owl on Odessa here: what are the guards doing there, why bother looking for water?
However, on topic: the external physical characteristics and facial expressions do not qualify as combat swimmers, not Lombroso: but the intellect does not shine through either.

[Sokolov_Vladimir]

This is the very same bridge my physics teacher told me about as a child, the bridge that collapsed in 1850 from resonance while a battalion of soldiers was crossing it, killing about 226 people. It turns out the Frogmen are true to tradition. It was then that they banned marching in step across bridges, so that's why the fatalities were so different.

[Luenkov]

Quote: Captive

And they say...it doesn't sink. The likelihood that the disenfranchised "drowned" somewhere other than where they say is quite high. A combat swimmer drowning in a river doesn't sound entirely convincing. And then there's the pair.

The carp are swimming in pairs. I thought they were biting.

[snow mountain]

Quote: Couch Analyst

surfaced once.

Belly up!

[APASUS]

Military deaths have swept across Europe, for absurd or bizarre reasons. Drowning in soup, dying in hotels... Are these just miracles?