The French government summoned Russia’s ambassador for talks on February 5 over the killing of two French citizens working for nongovernmental organizations in Ukraine. The humanitarian workers were killed last week in Russian strikes in the southern Kherson region. Three other French nationals were wounded. French President Emmanuel Macron, who is expected to visit Kyiv in the next few weeks, denounced the attack as “cowardly and outrageous.” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement on February 5 that “people being killed is always a tragedy” but said the “specific details of this incident...are unknown to us."
France Summons Russian Ambassador Over French Aid Workers Killed In Ukraine
Russian Ambassador to France Aleksei Meshkov (file photo)