(ANSA) - ROMA, 25 GEN - French troops military drill 'Eagle
Meda 23' at Smardan shooting range in Romania
SMARDAN
epa10428606 French battle tanks AMX 56 Leclerc and infantry
transport vehicles during the French military exercise 'Eagle
Meda 23' held at Smardan shooting range, 230 kilometers
north-east of Bucharest, Romania, 25 January 2023. About 600
French soldiers and 200 military vehicles from the French Battle
Group deployed in Romania are conducting the 'EAGLE MEDA 23'
combat firing exercise between January 23-27, to train the
forces within the Battle Group on the rapid deployment
capability and execution of a combat mission, within a NATO
operation carried out on the south-eastern flank of the
Alliance. NATO alliance enforced the Eastern Flank in the wake
of Russian invasion of Ukraine. EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT
ROBERT GHEMENT/ (ANSA).