France formally disputed the deployment of the Foreign Legion's first 100 military personnel in the Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, which had been reported the day before. Source: French Foreign Ministry on Twitter (X), as reported by European Pravda Details: Earlier, the Asia Times portal cited Stephen Bryen, an ex-aide to the deputy chief of the Pentagon, who said that approximately a hundred Foreign Legion soldiers stationed in Sloviansk were being sent to help Ukraine's 54th Mechanised Brigade.