Russia has appointed France as ‘its main adversary in Europe’

“It was (Vladimir) Putin who said“This said General Burkhard at a rare press conference dedicated to threats hovering over France.

“This does not mean that he does not take care of other countries“He added.

France. Similarly, nuclear power protected by its deterrence, is not threatened with “be attacked directly and heavily on the national territory“, but Russia has”Many other options“Via hybrid actions, including disinformation, cyber attacks or espionage,” he argued.

“Nuisance power“. Russia”is part of all threats“, Whether it is the sabotage of underwater infrastructure, the disinformation campaigns in France or in Africa, acts of espionage, or even in space, with”The maneuvers of Russian satellites either to embarrass our satellite trajectories, or to approach to blur them, or to approach to spy them“.

Regarding maritime spaces. the high ranking has evoked “Russian attack nuclear submarines who regularly enter into the russia appointed france ‘its main North Atlantic and then sometimes descend into the Mediterranean and who obviously seek to monitor the areas that are important for us but also among the British“, Another major support from Ukraine and an important target for Moscow.

“In the air. friction, interactions are frequent“, With Russian aircraft, he also underlined, in the Black Sea,”above Syria“, in the Mediterranean,”Sometimes far enough in the North Atlantic“.