Sébastien Lecornu denounces Russian threats against French patrols. "Russia is playing with the thresholds in terms of aggressiveness", he concluded.

The minister also mentioned a Russian warship which anchored in the Bay of Seine, certainly in an international zone but "as if to come and intimidate France" The government has been emphasizing an “aggressive” and hybrid Russian positioning, that is to say in several areas such as cyber, disinformation, energy, food.