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France summons Russia’s ambassador after two humanitarian staff killed in Ukraine

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France will summon its Russian ambassador after two French humanitarian support staff had been killed in a drone strike by Russia’s troops in Ukraine within the persevering with invasion by Moscow.

Two French volunteers working within the support sector had been killed and three others wounded in southern Ukraine’s Kherson area on 1 February,  international minister Stephane Sejourne confirmed on Friday.

“Russian barbarity has targeted civilians in Ukraine. Two French aid workers have paid with their lives for their engagement with Ukrainian people, three are injured,” Mr Sejourne mentioned on social media.

The Russian ambassador will probably be summoned by France on Monday after the loss of life of the 2 French humanitarian staff and what Paris mentioned was an upsurge in Russian disinformation, a French diplomatic supply mentioned.

Now, “France will reiterate its condemnation of the Russian strikes. It will also denounce an upsurge in disinformation targeting France,” the diplomatic supply mentioned.

The international minister on Friday warned Russia should “answer for its crimes”.

Ukraine’s governor in Kherson Oleksandr Prokudin confirmed the loss of life of the 2 French nationals in a Russian assault in town of Beryslav on the western financial institution of the Dnipro river.

French president Emmanuel Macron referred to as the killings a “cowardly and disgraceful act”, and expressed his help for all volunteers engaged in serving to different nations.

Bilateral ties between France and Russia have suffered a setback in latest weeks as Paris elevated its help to Ukraine, together with promising to ship extra long-range cruise missiles.

France has additionally accused Russia of habitually spreading misinformation. Paris was additionally pressured to dismiss any notion that it had mercenaries working in Ukraine a day after Russian lawmakers adopted a decision condemning French ‘mercenaries’ in Ukraine in late January.

Officials in France, a staunch ally of Ukraine in army support towards the Russian invasion, has additionally accused Russian president Vladimir Putin of relaying false data after suggesting missiles that had downed a Russian aircraft carrying Ukrainian prisoners of warfare may have been from a French air defence system.

The international ministry has warned of additional Russian disinformation forward of Mr Macron’s go to to Ukraine later this month.

Source: independent.co.uk

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