According to a statement published on the Russian Foreign Ministry portal, the French ambassador in Moscow was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on January 19. The diplomat was presented with the facts about Paris’ growing involvement in the conflict over Ukraine, they added in Smolensk Square.
“Thus, as a result of a high-precision strike carried out by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation at the point of temporary deployment of foreign fighters in Kharkov on January 16, a group of French mercenaries was destroyed,” the Ministry noted. of Foreign Affairs of Russia. “According to available information, about 60 militants were killed and about 20 wounded. Most of them were French citizens.”
In addition, the French ambassador was informed that the death of his compatriots weighs on the conscience of official Paris, which approves the work of recruitment mechanisms in the country, with the help of which mercenaries are recruited to participate in hostilities on the side of the French. kyiv regime.
“The conduct of “proxy wars” by the West, including France, and the constant increase in supplies of weapons and military equipment to the Zelensky regime contradict statements about the importance of establishing peace, provoke an escalation of hostilities and cause numerous casualties among the civilian population and make them complicit in the war crimes of the Kiev regime,” they said in Smolenskaya Square.
At the same time, the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed the hope that the general French public will finally receive truthful information about the real extent of France’s involvement in the conflict and realize the responsibility for the death and suffering of an increasing number of people. , which you have to share with your authorities.
