French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday that he would have “direct contact” with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, “in the coming days” over civilian nuclear power and the Zaporizhia power plant that Moscow and Kyiv accuse each other of having. bombed.
“I intend to have direct contact with him in the coming days on civil nuclear issues, first of all and the Zaporizhzia power plant, after an exchange” with IAEA director general Rafael Grossi, the French president told reporters during a visit to the Salon des Maires in the Parc des Expositions in Paris.
Ukrainian operator Energoatom announced that three nuclear power plants in the country were “disconnected” from the power grid on Wednesday after Russian strikes targeted energy infrastructure and caused massive power outages.
The essential role of elected officials
“The Russian strategy is to despair people on the ground,” he said. “Our elected officials also have a role to play”, added Emmanuel Macron, recalling that France will organize on December 13 “a conference in Paris” for the resistance and resilience of Ukraine”.
Le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky avait appelé mardi les maires français à fournir de l’aide à son pays pour emprecher la Russie d’utiliser le froid cet hiver “comme arme de destruction massive”, dans un message diffused lors du congrès de l’AMF in Paris.
“The Kremlin wants to turn the winter cold into a weapon of mass destruction,” the Ukrainian president said in a subtitled video released during a tribute to Ukraine organized by the Association of French Mayors (AMF) on the occasion of their congress. which was attended by a delegation of elected representatives of Ukraine.
Source: BFM TV
