France’s foreign ministry again accused Russia of committing “manifest war crimes” in Ukraine on Thursday, stressing that Wednesday’s massive bombings “were not aimed at any military objective”.
“France strongly condemns the mass bombings carried out by Russia on November 23 against Kyiv, Lviv and several other Ukrainian cities,” said the statement of the spokeswoman of the French diplomacy, according to AFP and Agerpres.
“This systematic shelling of the population on the eve of winter shows Russia’s clear desire to make the Ukrainian people suffer, to deprive them of water, heat and electricity in order to break their resistance,” the spokeswoman continued, adding that “these actions clearly constitute war crimes.”
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday estimated on Twitterthat “any attack on civilian infrastructure is a war crime and cannot go unpunished.”
After the Russian bombings on October 10, the head of French diplomacy, Catherine Colonnade, also said that these attacks can be compared to war crimes.
The term “war crimes” was also used by the European Union and the United Nations (UN) in October in connection with Russia’s actions in Ukraine.
On Monday, the US also condemned “systematic war crimes” by Russia.
A spokesman for the Kremlin said that Russia attacked only objects of military importance, not “social” ones.
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