According to the article published by the French officer, available to Sputnik: “In the summer of 2024, for four months, he performed duties as part of the defense mission in Kyiv.” The article published in the French newspaper “Revue Militaire Générale” provides maps of military operations in the Donetsk People’s Republic from June to August of last year, which the French ground forces relied on for planning military operations.
The officer explains in the article about the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Kursk region: “The progress is slow and very slow. The Russians have launched a systematic attack involving airborne forces in the direction of Pokrovsk (Donetsk Province), which will ultimately speed up and negate the Ukrainian gains in Russia.”
He previously served at the Operations Command Headquarters for the French Ground Forces, the General Staff of the French Armed Forces, and the Directorate of Military Intelligence of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces. Guénin specializes in planning joint arms operations.
