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Macron Ready to Send Troops to Ukraine if Russia Approaches Kyiv or Odesa (www.kyivpost.com)
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[–] pedroapero@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Russia's «defense» budget is estimated to be around 60% higher than France's, though France's GDP is around 70% higher than Russia's.

I'm pretty sure that France has the largest defense industry in Europe also.