a statement by Emmanuel Macron creates tensions with the Ukrainians

A gaping hole several meters in diameter caused by a Russian missile right next to an apartment building. Located in eastern Ukraine, just a few kilometers from the front line, the town of Soledar is regularly the target of airstrikes. The inhabitants are helpless, like this 84-year-old woman. She owes her life only to a happy coincidence: “I woke up early. I got up, boiled some water and washed. If I had stayed here and hadn’t gone to the kitchen, I wouldn’t be in the kitchen anymore. life”. A few kilometers further, in Sloviansk, the inhabitants of certain neighborhoods are deprived of water, electricity and the Russian strikes are also intensifying. These civilians have no choice but to evacuate.

An armed conflict marked by new diplomatic tensions. In a long interview granted Friday, June 3 to all of the French regional daily press, Emmanuel Macron displays a desire for pacification: “We must not humiliate Russia, so that the day the fighting stops, we can build a diplomatic exit path”.

A statement very little appreciated by Dmytro Kouleba, the head of Ukrainian diplomacy, who castigates the words of Emmanuel Macron: “Calls to avoid humiliating Russia can only humiliate France or any other country, because it is Russia humiliating itself. We all better focus on how to put Russia in its place .It will bring peace and save lives.”. Despite the financial and military support provided by France to Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron has still not visited kyiv, unlike several of his European counterparts.