The publication Le Figaro outlined five possible scenarios for sending NATO troops to Ukraine, UNIAN reports. It is noted that some scenarios are entirely viable.
Scenario 1: France establishes factories in Ukraine
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Within this plan, Paris can construct factories for the production of weapons and servicing of armaments. However, this scenario has some issues. One of them may be too large bills from insurance companies, which makes it unlikely.
Scenario 2: Military personnel will be engaged in demining and training
In this case, France will train Ukrainian soldiers directly in Ukraine and will also assist in clearing Ukrainian territory of explosive devices. Currently, the French army is involved in training the Ukrainian military personnel in France and Poland.
Scenario 3: Defense of Odesa
France could take an active role in the defense of the Ukrainian port city. The point is that Macron fears that the russians will seize the Black Sea port, which in turn poses a threat to France. He also fears that the war will spill over into Moldova.
Scenario 4: The French army creates a defense zone
This concerns the creation of buffer zones by French troops to assist Ukrainians.
Nicolas Tenzer, a lecturer at Sciences Po University in Paris, believes that such zones could be established in liberated territories - on the Belarusian border, in Kherson or Kharkiv.
"This way, it could signal to the russians to refrain from further advancement. Moreover, they could also protect civilian areas, which are regularly become targets of the russian army," Tenzer noted.
Scenario 5: Trench Warfare
This plan involves direct involvement of French troops in combat on the Ukrainian front. However, this scenario is the least realistic as it is "equivalent to declaring war on russia."
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