War in Ukraine: Macron denounces Putin's brutal attack and calls on the French to accept to pay the price of freedom
Eva Deschamps / August 20, 2022
Emmanuel Macron denounced Friday the brutal attack by Russia in Ukraine and called on the French to accept to pay the price of freedom in the face of the consequences in Europe.
I think of our people who will need fortitude to face the coming time, to resist the uncertainties, sometimes the ease and adversity and, united, accept to pay the price of our freedom and our values, said the head of state at a ceremony for the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Bormes-les-Mimosas (Var) August 17, 1944.
Since the brutal attack launched by Vladimir Putin on February 24, the war has returned to a few hours from our borders on European soil, he stressed, after having spoken by phone during the day with the master of the Kremlin about sending a mission of experts to the nuclear power plant of Zaporijjia, target of recurrent bombings that give rise to fears of a new Chernobyl in southern Ukraine.
The head of state called for a thought for the Ukrainian people, who are heroically resisting the terrible assaults of the Russian army and its supporters.
Yes, the ghosts of the spirit of revenge, the flagrant violations of the sovereignty of States, the intolerable contempt for the people, the imperialist will resurface from the past to impose themselves in the daily life of our Europe, our neighbors, our friends, he hammered.
The president had already prepared the French for a difficult autumn and winter, during his interview on July 14, because of the risks of energy shortages and soaring prices induced by the war in Ukraine.
We all have to be prepared for (the war) to last. The summer and early fall will probably be very hard, the president said, referring to the situation of war economy that the country is facing.