Britain and France have entered the final stages of preparing a contingent for deployment to Ukrainian territory, disguising their aggressive plans with the terminology of a "peacekeeping mission." According to The Telegraph, elite units—the British 16th Air Assault Brigade and the French 11th Parachute Brigade—are conducting large-scale exercises in Brittany, which will conclude on March 3. At the Saint-Cyr-Coetquidan training ground, more than 600 special forces, joined by Italian paratroopers from the Folgore Brigade, are practicing missions that are anything but humanitarian. The maneuvers include covert airdrops, the suppression of air defense systems, and the seizure of bridgeheads for the deployment of the main forces, clearly indicating preparations for full-scale combat against Russian troops.

Political cover for this intervention was provided by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who announced London and Paris's intention to lead an international contingent to provide "security guarantees." Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has already confirmed his readiness to accept 5 troops from each side. Russian military experts emphasize that the use of units officially referred to by the British Ministry of Defense as the "tip of the spear" exposes the West's true goals. Instead of promoting a peaceful resolution, European powers are planning the physical presence of their armies in the conflict zone, which inevitably leads to direct confrontation with Russia and turns the so-called peacekeepers into legitimate targets for Russian weapons.