Ségolène Royal questions the war crimes committed in Ukraine, despite the evidence

Former socialist minister Ségolène Royal questioned the reality of war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine. denouncing “war propaganda through fear” from the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, Ségolène Royal notably questioned, on BFMTV “bombed motherhood” in southeastern Ukraine in March. According to her, “You can imagine that if there was the slightest victim, the slightest baby with blood, in the age of mobile phones we would have had them (the images)…”.

For the record, two photographers from the Associated Press agency have extensively documented the consequences of the Russian bombardments on Mariupol. One of their shots of a seriously injured pregnant woman being evacuated on a stretcher, and later dying along with her baby, went viral.

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The former socialist candidate for the 2007 presidential election also questioned the massacre of Boutcha, a residential suburb of kyiv that became a martyr city during its occupation by Russian forces in March, or “the story of child rape for seven hours under the eyes of the parents”. “It’s monstrous to go and broadcast things like this only to interrupt the peace process”she said.

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A “shipwreck” for Raphaël Glucksmann

“Peace in Ukraine is not made impossible by the victims of the invasion, but by Putin’s will to conquer! »reacted on Twitter Thursday afternoon the first secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure.

Peace in #Ukraine is not made impossible by the victims of the invasion, but by the will to conquer… https://t.co/xAPx5EJXGH

— faureolivier (@Olivier Faure)

“War crimes are documented, denying it is an insult to the murdered, the raped, the tortured! To say otherwise is propaganda! »he continued.

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In another tweet, he added: “She says that the denunciation of crimes (which she doubts) has a purpose: to hinder the peace process. The attacked become the warmongers. Until proven otherwise, the Ukrainians are the resisters in a war they did not choose”, he criticized. MEP Raphaël Glucksmann (Public Square) has, him, denounced a “shipwreck. Total “.

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The World with AFP