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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 24d

At the start of the war, the Ukrainian armed forces’ ability to resist Russia’s barbaric aggression was underestimated.

I now see that experts and individuals of all kinds are making the same mistake with Western militaries.

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 12h

On Saturday 11 October, the Asturia Quartet — a string ensemble led by the internationally renowned Ukrainian cellist Myroslava Tsykba, who is now a refugee in France — performed Imagine Dragons’ “Believer” in front of the Eiffel Tower.

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 According to a source familiar with the matter, France would like to do more to protect Ukrainian skies.

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 According to a source familiar with the matter, 63% of French people support the SkyShield initiative.

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 1d

The results of the survey revealed that 63% of French people support “a European initiative to intercept drones and missiles targeting Ukrainian civilian populations several hundred kilometres from the front line”.

www.intelligenceonline.fr/renseignemen...

France/Ukraine • Des membres du collectif SkyShield pour l'Ukraine reçus à l'Élysée

Les auteurs de l'initiative SkyShield ont échangé avec des conseillers d'Emmanuel Macron, le 9 octobre, sur la faisabilité technique d'un déploiement d'avions militaires afin de protéger le ciel

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 1d

According to Intelligence Online, a confidential OpinionWay poll was sent to the Élysée Palace.

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 1d

On 9 October, the authors of the French SkyShield initiative met with advisers to Emmanuel Macron to discuss the technical feasibility of deploying military aircraft to protect Ukrainian airspace from Russian drones and missiles.

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 13d

“Talks on reducing strategic nuclear weapons must first be conducted between Russia and the U.S., but the arsenals of Britain and France will ultimately have to be included in negotiations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Sunday.”

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Kremlin says British and French arsenals must ultimately be part of nuclear disarmament talks

Talks on reducing strategic nuclear weapons must first be conducted between Russia and the U.S., but the arsenals of Britain and France will ultimately have to be included in negotiations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Sunday.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 14d

[#MondayMotivation💪🏼] "I feel the need… the need for speed" Top Gun✈️

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 15d

This is a bit of a stretch. The last time I checked, the French government was not behaving like Russia or the United States of America.

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 15d

The russification of the United States of America.

French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 15d

What lessons can Star Wars offer us about the significance of safeguarding democracy? Jean-Noël Barrot, the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, shared his thoughts on the subject with students at Harvard’s Kennedy School.

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 15d

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 15d

📍 Poland | EUMAM: France continues to support the European Union’s military assistance mission, strengthening the capabilities of the Ukrainian armed forces in the process.

France and Ukraine are united in their shared objective of ensuring the collective security of Europe.

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 17d

Denys Shmyhal also met with a Thales delegation. The main areas of work of the joint venture were discussed, as well as opportunities to expand cooperation in joint production.

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 17d

Two weeks ago, Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine’s Minister of Defence, met with an MBDA delegation. They discussed ways to supply Ukrainian soldiers with missiles, particularly SCALP-EG/Storm Shadow cruise missiles.

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 17d

🇫🇷🇹🇼 According to Dassault Aviation, Taiwan wants to buy Rafale fighter jets to replace its fleet of Mirage 2000s.

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Selon Dassault Aviation, Taïwan voudrait acquérir des Rafale pour remplacer ses Mirage 2000 - Zone Militaire

L'Inde, le Qatar, l'Égypte, la Grèce et les Émirats arabes unis ont en commun le fait d'avoir l'intention de remplacer les Mirage 2000 mis en œuvre par

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 20d

Monday Motivation 💪: The French deterrence forces do not have a “bad reputation”.

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 23d

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Point Presse du 18/09 : Le ministère des Armées face au dérèglement climatique

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 23d

📍 Poland | EUMAM: In Poland, the French armed forces are training their Ukrainian comrades in hand-to-hand combat.

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 24d

Personally, and speaking only for France, I believe that the French armed force, as part of a coalition, has the ability to stand up to, or even inflict a military defeat on, the Russian armed forces.

This widespread sense of defeatism must stop!

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 24d

Need I remind you that Russia suffered more losses in the Sahel in one year than France did in ten? Do you not have confidence in your armed forces?

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 24d

It is as if Russia would become an unbeatable power overnight if Europe were to engage in direct conflict with it.

The drone interception over Polish skies proves nothing about Europe’s true military capabilities.

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 24d

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French Aid to Ukraine 🇫🇷 🤜🤛 🇺🇦 @aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 24d

📍 Romania | #EagleStrike: The French-led multinational battalion is very active in Romania on NATO’s eastern flank.

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The 🇫🇷 Joint Staff - Millitary operations @frenchforces.bsky.social · 26d

📍Estonia | Tranchee combat training with our 🇬🇧 allies

➡️ Reenforcement of the 🇬🇧🤝🇫🇷 cooperation
🎯 Steadfast commitment for the European collective security

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