UK, French troops drill for urban combat using Ukraine insights

Several hundred French are in place in Norrbotten as France and Sweden practice air combat against each other. Hear French Air Force General Patrice Hugret and F21 fighter pilot Stefan Kaarle talk about the cooperation in the clip.

UK, French Troops Drill for Urban Combat Using Ukraine Insights

The French Foreign Legion and the Royal Welsh First Battalion were part of a team trying to capture this town of 5,000 residents Tuesday during a two-week training exercise.

UK, French troops drill for urban combat using Ukraine insights

Britain and France are spearheading European efforts to send a “reassurance force” to Ukraine after any ceasefire. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Within two weeks, training participants will “capture” the town of Geoffrecourt, which has been reconstructed for training, with a population of 5,000 people.

DAMAN – Franco-Spanish cooperation within the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) EMA Boury Evrard Thu 24/04/2025 - 11:34 From 15 to 16 April, as part of their engagement with UNIFIL, the French troops of the Commander Reserve Force (FCR) participated in a deployment of bilateral units, called Familiarization Deployment (FAMDEP), alongside their Spanish counterparts of the Battalion Mobile Reserve (BMR), a reserve of intervention fr…

The aim of the exercise is for French and British soldiers to be able to jointly occupy residential areas of the model city, modeled after former Soviet settlements, in street fighting, house by house.