The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is disappointed with the statement of the President of France Emmanuel Macron about the "brotherhood" of Ukraine and russia. This was stated by Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko.
"After all the russian leadership outspoken statements and the russian military criminal actions the French President’s Emmanuel Macron reluctance to recognize the genocide of Ukrainians is disappointing," Nikolenko said.
He added that Ukraine and Russia were close due to historical circumstances, but the "brotherhood of nations" is fictional.
Ukraine and russia are historically close for objective reasons, but the myth of the two brother peoples of russia and Ukraine began to crumble after the occupation of Crimea and the aggression in Donbas in 2014. Then the russian "brothers" allegedly came to protect the russian-speaking population. 14,000 Ukrainians. This myth was finally shattered when the first russian missiles flew into Ukrainian cities in February," the Foreign Ministry spokesman added.
Nikolenko stressed that after the mass crimes and killings committed by the russian military, no one has a moral right to speak of "brotherhood."
"The "fraternal" people do not kill children, do not shoot civilians, do not rape women, do not mutilate the elderly and do not destroy the homes of other "fraternal" people. Even the fiercest enemies do not commit atrocities against defenceless people. Currently, there are no moral or real grounds to talk about "fraternal" ties between the russian and Ukrainian peoples," the spokesman said.
As previously reported, French President Emmanuel Macron, who received the most support from the French in the first round of the new presidential election, refused to call russia's actions in the war against Ukraine genocide and called russians and Ukrainians brothers. At the same time, the presidents of Poland and the United States are convinced that Russian President Vladimir Putin is deliberately destroying the Ukrainian nation.