“Let’s remember this day as the day the third world war started“. At the end of August 2014, when armored vehicles and a thousand Russian soldiers entered the Donbass to support the separatists, Lieutenant General Michel Yakovleff said these words, to everyone’s surprise, in the middle of a NATO headquarters command meeting. Eight years later, he is one of the many who did not believe in the invasion of Ukraine, and let it be known. So the fool struck him on February 24, 2022, when Russian troops launched their attack at dawn. The officer was in Morocco for his annual parachute training course, his mind at ease. He who spent his career predicting future conflicts was wrong.
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Returning to France, heshave the wallsby his own admission. He waives the first petition BFM TV to interpret events. Finally, he accepts another. Since then, though he vows not to beegotistical“and”do as little as possible
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Source: Le Figaro
I am David Wyatt, a professional writer and journalist for Buna Times. I specialize in the world section of news coverage, where I bring to light stories and issues that affect us globally. As a graduate of Journalism, I have always had the passion to spread knowledge through writing.