Paris: France will mobilize 500 military personnel as part of NATO forces to Romania after Russia stormed the neighbor of Ukraine, said the chief of staff on Friday NATO has decided to strengthen its existence to send a very clear strategic solidarity sign, to position strength in Romania,” Thierry Burkhard told Radio France Internationale and the French announcer24.
“We will send around 500 men with armored vehicles.” He said France would also maintain the presence of the military in Estonia, which borders Russia, outside of March Given the “war in Ukraine, it has been decided we will maintain our presence” from 200 to 250 men with armored vehicles in Bangtic nation, he said.
French President Emmanuel Macron in recent weeks has thrown his energy into diplomacy in an effort to prevent Russian invasion to Ukraine But Russian military vehicles rolled on the border Thursday morning, with Ukrainian troops fighting with Russian boost towards the capital Kyiv.
The conflict has claimed at least dozen lives and moved tens of thousands of people.