the Minister of Foreign Affairs judges “this episode strange” and “mysterious”

While Russia has accused Ukraine of having tried to attack Vladimir Putin’s residence in the Kremlin using two drones, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna judges this episode “odd” And “mysterious”, Thursday May 4, on France Inter. Catherine Colonna believes that for the time being “several hypotheses” exist to explain this attempted attack which is “rather incomprehensible in normal situations”. The French Minister for Europe recalls that “the Ukrainians, as of yesterday, officially declared that they had nothing to do with this event which remains unexplained”.

Moscow wants to “eliminate” Volodymyr Zelensky

Despite kyiv’s formal denial, the Russians still blame the attempted attack on Ukraine, so much so that former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called on Wednesday to “eliminate” Volodymyr Zelensky in retaliation. The French Minister for Foreign Affairs accuses the current number two of the Russian Security Council of being accustomed to such threats: he “is distinguished by outrageous remarks, by a regrettable verbal escalation”, she laments. Catherine Colonna points her finger at Russia’s attitude, which through this “escalation” look for “probably to intimidate, to frighten, to find pretexts that could justify the unjustifiable”.

Catherine Colonna is firm in relation to the vitriolic declarations of Dmitry Medvedev who assures that he “there is no alternative except physical elimination” of the President of Ukraine. The French minister “refuses to enter into this hypothesis”. Volodymyr Zelensky “has been on display since day one” but, Catherine Colonna insists on her “extremely professional and very precise security”. “He is a head of state, democratically elected, so it is important to respect physical integrity as the rules of international life, otherwise it could be a very bad example that would spread to neighboring countries or other country”says the French Minister of Foreign Affairs.