General Fabien Mandon warned about France’s defense readiness amid Russia’s growing military power and emphasized the need for societal consensus to support the military, accepting possible sacrifices including losses of young soldiers and economic hardships.He detailed Russia's increased troop numbers, hybrid warfare tactics targeting NATO and the EU, and France’s planned military personnel growth and defense spending increase, but stressed these are ineffective without public willingness to endure hardships.Mandon also alerted that Russia might attack NATO within a few years after Donald Trump's term ends, urging society not to trivialize the threats, and his remarks stirred political controversy among French leaders.