Moscow has been increasingly “aggressive” on the world stage, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu claimed
Russia is currently France’s most important adversary, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said in a recent interview with Le Point magazine.
In a conversation published on Wednesday, which marked the release of Lecornu’s new book, the minister spoke about security challenges Paris faces today.
Asked which country or actor posed “the greatest threat to France,” Lecornu replied: “Apart from terrorist groups, clearly it is the Russian Federation.”
He claimed that Moscow has been “even more aggressive” this year than it was in 2022 and 2023. Russia poses a threat “not only to our interests in Africa, but also directly to our Armed Forces,” the minister said, adding that “the Russian air traffic control has threatened to shoot down a French Rafale patrol.”
Lecornu went on to accuse Russia of “waging an information…