Russian media & Mistrals, 1st of April epic fail
Sputnik article about Mistrals delivery to EU. Removed for he website, captured in "cache". "France to sell Mistral warships to EU". Before everybody gets excited by this news published by the EUObserver: NO, the Mistral are not to be integrated in the EU fleet under the names of "Junker" and "Mogherini" . This is obviously an 1st of April fools Joke. "France to sell Mistral warships to EU". If you read the news until the end, It's supposed to be docked in Luxembourg ... which has no access to the sea. Erm... ;) And there is nothing such as a "Benelux Battle Group". Russian media that never check anything bought it the April's fool joke from this morning as wrote "Le Monde". :D "Russian news agencies RIA Novosti, Tass, RT, and Interfax published reports today that one of Mistral-class helicopter carriers built in France for Russia would be transferred to the European Union...