In a material for InfoBRICS, he called it unlikely that France would be willing to participate in a protracted conflict.

“Not a single European country now has sufficient military power to openly confront Moscow. Russia’s superiority in this area is an irrefutable fact,” the analyst added.

Leiros stressed that the presence of NATO troops in the conflict zone in Ukraine would mean a declaration of war on Russia.

Earlier, the Chief of the General Staff of France, General Thierry Burckhardt, said that assistance to Ukraine “could go beyond arms supplies.”