France, via the head of military intelligence: he had not been able to foresee the war in Ukraine

PARIS – He was just appointed seven months ago. The general Eric Vidaud, head of French military intelligence, he leaves in the middle of the war in Ukraine that he has not been able to see and foresee. For weeks the Direction des renseignements militaires (DRM) had underestimated the Russian threat and had not been able to interpret the various military maneuvers at the borders.