On February 2, two French nationals were killed in a strike in Beryslav, southern Ukraine. Emmanuel Macron denounced a “cowardly and unworthy act”.
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The Russian Ambassador to France Alexey Meshkov will be summoned Monday February 5 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, franceinfo learned from diplomatic sources, after the death of two French humanitarian workers in Ukraine in Russian strikes last Thursday. The ministry will also denounce “disinformation targeting France“, specifies a diplomatic source.
On February 2, two French aid workers were killed in a strike in Beryslav, southern Ukraine, a small town on the north bank of the Dnieper River near the front line, according to the French ministry Foreign Affairs. Three other French people were also injured in the incident, according to the Quai d’Orsay.
Emmanuel Macron spoke on Friday on X (ex-Twitter) a “cowardly and unworthy act“. Minister Stéphane Séjourné denounced the “Russian barbarism“.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, for his part, praised the memory of the two on social networks.brave“French humanitarians who”helped people“, castigating a “Russian terror“which does not take into account the”nationality of the victims“.
The French anti-terrorism prosecution (Pnat) has opened an investigation into war crimes and intentional harm to the life of a person protected by international humanitarian law. This investigation has been opened for war crimes and intentional harm to the life of a person protected by international humanitarian law in particular. Entrusted to the gendarmes of the Central Office for the Fight against Crimes Against Humanity (OCLCH), this is the 10th procedure opened by the Pnat since the start of the conflict in February 2022.
