French military intelligence chief leaves job over Ukraine war failures — report

Reviews say the pinnacle of France's navy intelligence will go away his put up for failures associated to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Common Eric Vidaud will instantly be eliminated as the pinnacle of the Directorate of Navy Intelligence (DRM), in keeping with a navy supply.

One report from the French Ministry of the Armed Forces mentioned Vidaud was blamed for "inadequate briefings" and a "failure to grasp the problems."

Based on AFP sources, Vidaud had been within the sights of the military workers because the struggle in Ukraine started final month. One other report is that his departure is a part of a structural reorganisation throughout the DRM.

Earlier this month, the chief of workers of the French military had admitted that the nation had not predicted Russia's invasion like officers in america.

"The People mentioned that the Russians have been going to assault, and so they have been proper," Common Thierry Burkhard advised Le Monde newspaper.

"Our companies slightly thought that the conquest of Ukraine would have a monstrous price and that the Russians had different choices [to topple Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy]."

French President Emmanuel Macron had visited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for tried diplomatic talks simply days earlier than the invasion started.

However the DRM has said that Common Vidaud's job was to supply "navy intelligence on operations, not on premeditation".

His service had concluded that Russia had the means to invade Ukraine and "what has occurred proves it proper," a navy supply advised AFP.

Common Vidaud was solely appointed to his put up final summer season, from a earlier function at Particular Operations Command (COS).

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