EU trembles before Putin's plan: sensitive report on Macron's move for NATO soldiers in Ukraine. Paris apparently fears a major Russian attack from Crimea on the Ukrainian port city of Odessa.
Putin apparently wants to recruit up to 150,000 more soldiers for military service. The number mentioned could be interpreted as an indication of a next Russian offensive in the summer of 2024. Putin allegedly wants to create a corridor on the Black Sea to the breakaway and Moscow-friendly Transnistria in Moldova and thus deny Kiev access to the sea.