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War in Ukraine: two French humanitarian workers killed in a drone attack
War in Ukraine: two French humanitarian workers killed in a drone attack – (franceinfo)
Two French humanitarian workers died in a drone attack in Ukraine on Thursday February 1, and three others were injured. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stéphane Séjourné, denounced “Russian barbarity”.
Five humanitarian workers were hit by a drone attack in Beryslav, Ukraine. Two French people were killed and three others injured on Thursday February 1. All of them were volunteers in the Kherson region. On the X platform, Emmanuel Macron denounced a “cowardly and unworthy act”. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stéphane Séjourné, also condemned the bombing and accused “Russian barbarism”. “Russia will have to answer for its crimes”he also declared on the social network.
Eleven French people have died in Ukraine since the start of the conflict
Eleven French nationals have died in Ukraine since the start of the war two years ago. Russia continues to relentlessly shell the south of the country. The Ukrainian Air Force says the Russian military sent 24 attack drones overnight from Thursday to Friday. Eleven of them were reportedly destroyed.