SAINT-NAZAIRE, France - About four hundred Russian sailors arrived in western France on June 30 for training on Mistral amphibious assault ships before the first of two is delivered to Moscow by the end of the year.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: Russian sailors arrive in France for amphibious assault ship training
A group of expatriates and local residents rally at the French Embassy in Kyiv on June 1 to protest France's sale of two warships worth $1.6 billion to Russia despite the latter's military interference in Georgia in 2008 and in Ukraine this year.
