PARIS (Reuters) – Emmanuel Macron confirmed to Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky on Monday France’s desire to continue supporting the Ukrainian armed forces in order to enable them to resist Russia’s aggression, the Elysee Palace said in a statement. .
The French president also reaffirmed his support for the Ukrainian people and their resistance, and said his determination to ensure that war crimes do not go unpunished, during a call with his Ukrainian counterpart.
Ukraine and Russia have blamed each other for the attack on a prison in Olenivka in which dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed on Friday.
A team of forensic experts was dispatched to the scene and France also provided Ukraine with a mobile DNA analysis laboratory.
Emmanuel Macron also welcomed the departure of a first ship carrying grain from the Ukrainian port of Odessa, and indicated that European efforts to export Ukrainian grain by land and river would continue within the framework of solidarity corridors.
(Written by Camille Raynaud, edited by Nicolas Delame)
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