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Military intelligence: “The Americans wanted to trick Russia into making a misstep”

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A Ukrainian soldier secures the area around the seat of government in Mykolaiv Oblast after it was shelled by the Russian army, March 29, 2022. © Petros Giannakouris/AP

By: Florent Guignard Follow

The boss of French military intelligence will leave his post according to an internal source at the Ministry of the Armed Forces, citing "

 " and a " 

 " following the Russian invasion in Ukraine.

The Americans obtained very high quality intelligence on Russian preparations and had decided, several weeks before the invasion, to publish some of it in an attempt to put pressure on Vladimir Putin.

How to explain that France did not make the same analysis of the situation as the United States?

Some answers with Gérald Arboit, director of the intelligence studies team at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (CNAM).

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