France's Ministry of Defense Denies Narishkin's Statement on Dispatching Troops to Ukraine

France's Ministry of Defense has announced that reports claiming France is preparing to send a military contingent to Ukraine are unfounded.

In a statement on its official social media page, the Ministry labeled these reports as disinformation. Earlier, Sergey Narishkin, the director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, claimed that according to the agency's data, France is preparing to send soldiers to Ukraine, with an estimated initial contingent of around 2000 personnel.