French President Emmanuel Macron does not consider the actions of the Russians in Bucha and other settlements of Ukraine, which were under their occupation for some time, genocide. He called it a war crime. The president explained his "

" I want to keep trying the best I can to stop this war and restore peace.. I'm not sure that the escalation of rhetoric serves this cause,"

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine was not slow to respond. Office speaker Oleg Nikolenko explained to the President of France why his words about fraternal peoples are not true. In a commentary to the UP, he noted that our side is disappointed with Macron's position on the genocide, and the words about "

" Ukraine and Russia are historically close for objective reasons, but the myth of the two fraternal peoples of Russia and Ukraine began to collapse after the occupation of Crimea and aggression in Donbas in 2014. Then the Russian " But 14,000 Ukrainians were killed in eight years,” Nikolenko said.. - This myth was finally destroyed when the first Russian missiles flew at Ukrainian cities in February. " Even the most ardent enemies do not resort to atrocities against defenseless people"

Nikolenko added that today there are neither moral rights nor real grounds for continuing the dialogue about "

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In the first days after the world became aware of the consequences of the Russian occupation in Bucha, US President Joe Biden also called it war crimes.. However, today for the first time he admitted that it was a genocide..