Difficult, for the motorists of the A40, not to notice this important military convoy in the direction of Lyon, Saturday February 26 around 6:30 p.m. tanks, near Bourg-en-Bresse. In view of the news, one could easily wonder about potential military aid from the armies of the region to Kiev against the Russian army.
The convoy does not come from the Valbonne military camp
“This convoy does not come from us,” says Tiphanie Couton, second lieutenant in the 68th African artillery regiment, based at the Valbonne military camp. Which refers us to the communication cell of the South East defense zone, in the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region. No connection between this convoy and the war in Ukraine, supports the on-call commander. “Military convoys circulate regularly on the roads, in particular towards or from Valbonne, which is a stopover lodge for units crossing France in order to go to the maneuver camps”, he continues. According to the regional military delegation, no operation is in progress: operational preparation activities are common and the units train very regularly. A convoy of the same type was seen in Dijon (Côte-d’Or) the day before.