France confirmed on Friday that two French people had been killed and three others injured in a Russian strike in Ukraine, specifying that it was “humanitarian”, according to a message on X from the head of diplomacy Stéphane Séjourné. According to information from Europe 1, they were working for the Swiss association EPER.
France confirmed on Friday that two French people had been killed and three others injured in a Russian strike in Ukraine, specifying that it was “humanitarian”, according to a message on X from the head of diplomacy Stéphane Séjourné, denouncing ” Russian barbarism. According to information from Europe 1, the two victims were part of the Swiss association EPER, Swiss Protestant Entraide. The organization regularly intervenes on the front lines to bring relief to local populations, particularly in Ukraine.
“Two French humanitarian workers paid for their commitment to the Ukrainians with their lives. Three are injured,” writes Stéphane Séjourné, the day after Kiev announced the death of two French people in a Russian strike in Beryslav, in the south of Ukraine. ‘Ukraine.
An investigation opened for violation of the laws and customs of war
The Ukrainian national police, for their part, indicated that two men of French nationality had died following a drone attack, and that three men and a woman had been injured. She announced, on Telegram, the opening of an investigation for violation of the laws and customs of war. “All the victims had come to the Kherson region as volunteers,” police added.
Beryslav, which had around 12,000 inhabitants before the war, is located on the northern bank of the Dnieper River, near the front line. On January 27, a person was killed there by an explosive launched by a Russian drone.