Macron wants “strong actions” against Moscow: “How long will Russia play with the opening to the US and Ukraine?”

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday denounced Russia's new “criminal blows” in Ukraine and asked for “strong actions” if Moscow continues to refuse peace, AFP reports.

“These strokes of Russia have to end. There is a need for fire as soon as possible. And strong actions if Russia continues to seek time and refuse peace,” Macron wrote on platform X.

“While Ukraine has already accepted for a month the proposal of President Trump of complete and unconditional cessation for 30 days and we work with all our partners on the ways to ensure peace, Russia continues the war with a renewed intensity, without caring for civilians,” continued the French president.

“How long will Russia play with the opening to the US and Ukraine, continuing to kill children and civilians?” Macron insisted, after a Russian missile hit a target on the Ukrainian city Krivoi Rog on Friday, causing at least 20 dead, including 9 children, according to Ukrainian authorities, who together with Western allies accuse Russia. residential.

Russia states that he hit a restaurant in Krivoi where a meeting between the commanders of the Ukrainian army and Western military instructors was held. “A meeting between Western military commanders and instructors, which was held at a restaurant in Krivoi ROG, was targeted at 6:49 pm on April 4. The precision blow was made with a highly explosive load rocket. Following the enemy's attack he lost up to 85 military and foreign officers,” according to the Russian Ministry.

Earlier on Sunday, after new air strokes targeted in the Kiev area, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski said that the number of Russian air attacks against Ukraine has increased and accused Western countries of not having sufficient pressure on Russia, demanding new sanctions against it.