Becoming a “soldier in Ukraine”: a fake government site encourages the French to fight

On engage in the war in Ukraine.

A fake site impersonates someone of the Ministry of the Armed Forces and encourages the French to "get involved in Ukraine", site URL name, registered on March 15, according to Tech&Co.  The web page claims that “France is recruiting and training 200,000 men to carry out operations in Ukraine.” The site also announces that soldiers will receive “a 100% discount on funeral services”, but also “a bonus of 1 million euros à the family in the event of death" and a salary reaching 5,000 euros gross per month. It is also possible to trade with fake soldiers. : 70 fake profiles are presented there. A form also allows you to leave personal data such as date of birth, email address and telephone number, to be able to ;be contacted again. 

A "misinformation campaign"

The Ministry of the Armed Forces denounces a "disinformation campaign”, this March 28, on X, formerly Twitter. Another piece of information was provided. recently denied. A few days ago, Russia announced the sending of 2,000 French soldiers to Ukraine. France has mentioned; "irresponsible provocations" from Moscow.

Announcements that come after Emmanuel Macron "assumedé" the possibility to send Western soldiers to Ukraine. The French president had also specified that: that France "will not go on the offensive".  The site also includes a quote from Emmanuel Macron. resumption: "Russia must not win this war", we can read on the home page. Pro-Russian accounts have widely shared the address of this internet page on