The fighting on the Chasov Yar front is fierce, and Slavyansk on the flank of Chasov Yar is an important support point for the Ukrainian army and a transportation and supply hub, so it is particularly valued. When the Russian front line arrived in the east of Chasov Yar, France sent its first troops to Slavyansk, although there were only 100 French troops, but they brought 10 "Caesar" howitzers, which could hit the Russian offensive troops in Chasov Yar from the artillery positions in Slavyansk, and the fire threat was obvious.
The Russian military has long hinted that French units on the battlefield in Ukraine will be a "priority target". This is not a simple verbal threat, because the air defense system of the Ukrainian army in the eastern theater has been completely destroyed, and the army, deprived of air defense protection, is tantamount to a lamb to the slaughter. Moreover, the Russian army has a variety of strike means to destroy these small groups of French troops and the artillery equipment they control. It is very important that the local pro-Russian underground resistance group will also provide accurate intelligence support to the Russian army, which is more real-time and accurate than the battlefield reconnaissance of the Russian army's drones.
At 7 o'clock in the morning on April 14, a violent explosion was heard in the direction of Slavyansk. According to the Ukrainian anti-Navyanist underground group, Russian troops struck a French mercenary station in Slavyansk, which is under Ukrainian control. According to Russian sources, the explosion occurred in a sensitive area where French mercenaries and Ukrainian artillery were stationed, and it is likely to affect the French who operated the "Caesar" CAESAR self-propelled guns. For the Russian army, the French legion and the "Caesar" artillery positions are their key targets. To ensure the effectiveness of the strike, the Russian army used Iskander missiles.
Russian army Iskander tactical missile
At present, there is no specific number of casualties of the French army, but 7 o'clock in the morning is the time when the French army begins its mission activities, and the Russian army launched an attack at this point in time to destroy all the French troops and artillery. Therefore, it is inevitable that the Russian missile attack will cause casualties to the French army. The French army sent a small force of 100 troops to participate in the battle, which was a tentative act, one was to examine whether the situation on the battlefield and the intensity of the battle were in line with the large-scale deployment plan, and the other was to test Russia's reaction. It should be clear by now.
This missile raid proves that Russia shows no mercy and does not want to give the French army any illusions. After this war, the French had two options: instead of sending troops to the front line, they would instead deploy their forces along the Dnieper River, Kyiv and Odessa, as originally planned. The second is to retreat in the face of difficulties and completely abandon the adventurous plan of sending troops to Ukraine on a large scale. And the latter is undoubtedly the wisest choice for the French, since the central and western regions of Ukraine are also currently in a "state of no defense" against Russian missiles.