The French government is mulling sending a small military force directly into Ukraine to serve as instructors for Kiev’s Armed Forces and as a “deterrent” to Moscow, newspaper Le Monde reported on Friday, citing its sources.

The paper did not disclose the number of French military ‘instructors’ that could potentially be authorized to cross into Ukrainian territory but said that their ranks could include some “conventional units.”

According to Le Monde, France’s Special Forces were also involved in training Ukrainian soldiers on the territory of neighboring Poland and in escorting the nation’s arms deliveries to Kiev. They have, however, so far always “stopped at the Ukrainian border,” it added. It is unclear if some Special Forces units could be sent to Ukraine as well if Paris decides to follow through on this reported proposal.

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