The issue of the geopolitical conflict between Russia and Ukraine over the Crimean peninsula has been going on for two years.
As it stands, since the failure of the counteroffensive last summer, Ukraine has fallen into a completely passive situation, and even nearly a fifth of its territory has fallen into Russian hands.
It seems that the war has entered its final phase. However, if France actually sent a foreign army into Ukraine to participate in the war and rush to the battlefield, will this have an impact on the war situation?
In any case, the Russian side has a very tough attitude towards this, and even openly ridiculed French President Macron for not being like a man, and it seems that this time French President Macron is going to taste humiliation.
1. The French Foreign Legion entered the war in Ukraine?
The French side seems to want to intervene in the war between Russia and Ukraine, so French President Emmanuel Macron has sent a foreign army of more than 1,500 people to help Ukraine.
The composition of this army is extremely complex, and most of the sergeants are likely to come from other countries, and they may have had a more complex background before joining the legion, they may be just anarchic mercenaries or outlaws.
But in any case, the combat effectiveness of this foreign army must not be underestimated, after all, for the sergeants of this foreign army, they are attached to France and obey the command of the French side, which naturally has a certain purpose.
Maybe it's for financial reasons, or maybe it's a force that wants to pursue a more stable life and join the French nationality, which must be very scary.
Looking back at history, we can also find that in the Iraq War or the Gulf War, these French foreign legions have always been an important vanguard of France.
It is even more noteworthy that France may also provide these foreign legions with a large number of modern military equipment and powerful weapons of mass destruction, which could have a profound impact on the war if this force enters the battlefield.
International views on France's actions are also polarized.
On the one hand, there is a view that the combat strength of this force is brave, and once it enters the battlefield, it may subvert the current situation of the Russian-Ukrainian war, which plays an extremely important role in the advancement of the war.
However, there is also a view that the scale of this force is too small, and even if it is equipped with some heavy weapons, the impact on the war situation may only be phased, and it is absolutely impossible to subvert the superiority and disadvantage between Russia and Ukraine.
Second, Macron tasted humiliation
In response to the issue of France sending the Foreign Legion to Ukraine to participate in the war, the Russian side showed a very tough attitude, and even directly ridiculed and humiliated French President Macron. Just some time ago, the parliamentarians of the Russian side openly expressed their views on the French side's sending troops to the media.
He believes that the French side's decision to send the Foreign Legion into Ukraine to fight in the war is only a decision made for political purposes, and does not seem to really be considered from the perspective of the war situation.
If the French side really wants to decide to participate in this war, then French President Macron should personally enter the war as the supreme commander of the battle, and rush to the front line like a man.
Moreover, he should not send those foreign troops with corresponding purposes to the war, these so-called foreign legions may be just cannon fodder sacrificed for the war, and they will not have any impact on the war situation. In order to deepen his impression, the parliamentarian even used history as a mirror to bring out the incident when Napoleon led an expedition of 600,000 troops to Moscow.
You must know that Napoleon led an expedition of 600,000 troops to Moscow, which was almost oppressive in terms of troops, but the balance of victory was not in favor of the French side, and Napoleon's 600,000 troops were eventually consumed to 30,000 and returned to France in embarrassment.
Russia's implication is already very obvious, which is to express ridicule of French President Emmanuel Macron and the relevant military operations in which the Foreign Legion has entered the war.
Of course, Russia's views on this matter are not limited to the ridicule of French President Emmanuel Macron.
Just after France released the corresponding news, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova also said strongly that if these people dare to step into the Ukrainian border to fight, then Russia will naturally regard all these people as enemy troops. Once these foreign troops are captured, then what awaits them may be a different kind of "preferential treatment"
So is this force really going on to have any impact on the war situation? Actually, from an objective point of view, you must know that the war between Russia and Ukraine has been going on for two years.
In the past two years, many NATO countries have provided corresponding help to Ukraine, although they have not sent large-scale troops to the battlefield, but they have provided Ukraine with a lot of financial and equipment assistance.
But even in such a situation, Ukraine is still losing one after another, and even nearly 1/5 of its territory has fallen into the hands of Russia.
Two years of support from NATO countries and the spiritual impartials of the United States have not allowed the Ukrainian army to gain an advantageous position in the war, so what can these French foreign legions do?
Judging from the current situation, the war between Russia and Ukraine has long turned into a war of attrition, and the victory of the fighter does not lie in which side can form an all-round suppression, but in which side can hold on.
As this remark continues to ferment, many Russian media have also ridiculed French President Macron, showing that he really does not look like a man.
It seems that French President Emmanuel Macron has indeed tasted humiliation this time. So it is worth paying attention to whether French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to send foreign troops to Ukraine to fight in Ukraine is only for political purposes, to show an attitude, or does he really want to rely on these foreign troops to influence the war situation?
3. Why did France make such a decision?
If we analyze it comprehensively, there must be relatively complex reasons why the French side chose to send the Foreign Legion into Ukraine to fight in Ukraine at this time, and of course, political considerations cannot be ruled out.
You must know that France is a European country with a long history, and it is also an important member of NATO.
The French side sent the Foreign Legion into Ukraine to participate in the war, naturally in order to show its military strength and strategic wisdom in the international community, so as to increase the attention of the outside world to France, so as to achieve the goal of maintaining the independence and autonomy of the European homeland.
At the same time, such an approach may also be recognized by a kind of NATO countries.
This will play a certain important role in the follow-up development of France's export-oriented economy and related trade, and may also play a certain role in promoting the development of its own military industry.
In addition, the French side may also want to use this opportunity to expand France's international influence in order to gain the recognition of some African countries.
You must know that in the past few years of development, many African countries are actually moving away from France, and they are more inclined to establish corresponding trade cooperation with Russia, which has also caused France's economic interests to suffer a certain loss, and France itself has been very dissatisfied with this.
In previous developments, we can also see French President Emmanuel Macron engaged in a verbal war with the Russian side in front of the media on this matter.
Under such circumstances, it is only natural for France to regain its strength. Therefore, France wants to use the influence of the war to make those African countries understand that France may be more powerful than Russia, and that these African countries should be more inclined to cooperate with France than Russia on the basis of relative trade cooperation. These are likely to be factors for the French side to consider.
However, in the case of the war itself, the French may not have pinned their hopes on the involvement of these foreign legions in other ways to affect the outcome of the war.
After all, the size of this foreign army is not large, and even if the troops are equipped with modern weapons and are very well-equipped, the impact on the war situation may be extremely small.
If the French side really entered the war in Ukraine with the idea of changing the tide of the war, then it should send a larger French army, and by no means such a foreign legion.
All in all, France's actions this time may only be a way to build momentum and use the war to reshape France's influence, rather than any intention to interfere in the development of the war between Russia and Ukraine.
brief summary
The French side has now sent a foreign force into Ukraine to participate in the war, but the size of this force is limited, and the impact on the war situation is definitely only phased, and it will not fundamentally subvert the superiority and disadvantage between Russia and Ukraine.
It is worth noting that the French must have understood that this force would have very little influence on the outcome of the war.
Their real intention was simply to use the military campaign to create momentum and rebuild France's influence.
But if we analyze it from a deep perspective, France's decision this time is likely to have a certain driving effect, and other NATO countries are also likely to join this war of attrition in the future development and help Ukraine through ground assistance.
If such a pattern is really formed, then the development of the Russian-Ukrainian war may change permanently.
Against this background, the attitude of the United States is also very important. However, the United States may not be interested in France's action of sending troops into Ukraine to participate in the war, and presumably the United States will not send ground troops to support Ukraine in the future.