General Éric Vidaud was fired for providing “insufficient information” and for showing “lack of knowledge of the matter” in his capacity, according to a source in the Paris Ministry of the Armed Forces. French intelligence had already fired on British and American counterparts over the winter allegations that Russia was preparing to attack Ukraine. In early February, a French official said The times“We have the same intelligence [as the British and the Americans]but we do not interpret it in the same way. “ French agencies have informed President Macron that the Russian