Macron speaks of “war crimes” after verifying the destruction of Irpin

The French President, Emmanuel Macronspoke this Thursday of “war crimes” after check the destruction in the city of Irpinnorth of kyiv, in which a battle took place at the beginning of the Ukrainian war, until the Russian troops were expelled from the region.

Macronin statements to various French media, He said he had seen “the traces, the stigmata of barbarism” in Irpin“a place that has been destroyed.”

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He recalled that the Russian Army in this war has also occupied “other cities where massacres were perpetrated. We have seen the first traces of what are war crimes.

He stressed that his country is already cooperating with Ukraine, by sending gendarmes, forensic experts and experts “so that war crimes can be tried.”

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The french president he had arrived in kyiv early in the morning on a train that also had the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and the Italian Prime Minister, mario draghi. Shortly after, on another train, the Romanian president arrived, Klaus Iohannis.

The four European leaders traveled to Irpin for a guided visit by the Ukrainian Minister for Territorial Development, Oleksiy Chernyshov, that specified the scope of the destruction and the reconstruction plans.

Scholz declared that in Irpin “innocent civilians have died, Houses have been destroyed, a city without military infrastructure has been destroyed. This demonstrates the brutality of the Russian war of aggression and must be taken into account in the decisions we make.”

He explained that “it is a terrible war promoted by Russia without regard for human lives. We must put an end to it and all the activities we undertake are aimed at this. Aid, sanctions against Russia and support for the citizens of Ukraine to rebuild the country.

Macron assured that help will be provided to Ukraine “in all forms”, beginning “with political support” which is what the four leaders wanted to express.

It was, he added, “to realize what happened, to express our respect and admiration for the courage of the Ukrainian men and women and to speak with President (Volodymyr) Zelensky.”

An allusion to the meeting that the five have scheduled in kyiv, before appearing in the early afternoon before the media.

Asked about the reproaches of the Ukrainian authorities for the alleged concessions that he would be willing to make to Russia, Macron refused to enter into that controversy.

“I have always been constant. France has been with Ukraine from day one and the president Zelensky he has always wanted to argue with President Putin. Ukraine has to resist and we are unambiguously on the side of the Ukrainians. And we are going to continue,” she stressed.

Source: Elcomercio

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