In a particularly sharp statement, French President Emmanuel Macron launched fierce criticism against Moscow, characterizing the latest Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities as absolute proof of hypocrisy. Macron noted that while Moscow supposedly negotiates a ceasefire, it proceeds with strong strikes against the civilian population.
Macron: The most significant bombings in recent years
The French president, through a social media message, emphasized that the bombings are the most significant in recent years, but targeting innocent civilians does not demonstrate strength. On the contrary, he believes it reveals Russia’s weakness. Macron states that Russia no longer has solutions on the military “front”.
Macron’s post
Macron’s detailed post: “With the new massive attack with drones and missiles against Ukrainian cities and civilians —the largest in the last four years— Russia further aggravates the outrage caused by its aggressive action. It reveals all the hypocrisy with which it negotiated the fragile ceasefire of recent days.
With bombings against civilians, Russia does not prove so much its strength as its weakness: it exhausts solutions on the military front and does not know how to end the war of aggression it has started. France stands by Ukraine and the Ukrainian people and will continue to mobilize to ensure the cessation of hostilities and achieve a just and lasting peace for Ukraine, which will guarantee its security and that of Europe.
En lançant une nouvelle frappe massive de drones et de missiles contre les villes et les civils ukrainiens – la plus importante de ces quatre dernières années -, la Russie aggrave un peu plus le forfait de son agression.
Elle donne à voir toute l’hypocrisie…
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) May 14, 2026
Zelensky: “Russia continues the attacks”
For his part, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that “Russia continues the attacks, specifically targeting shamelessly and deliberately our railway infrastructure and non-military targets in our cities,” in his post on X. He added that it is important “not to remain silent about the war.”
In detail: “Russia continues the attacks, specifically targeting shamelessly and deliberately our railway infrastructure and non-military targets in our cities,” Volodymyr Zelensky stated in his post. Since the start of the war, Russia preferred nighttime hours for drone and missile attacks.
Recently, however, it has repeatedly attacked during daylight hours, which affects daily life in Ukraine. “It is important to repel every attack with vigor. It is important to support Ukraine and not remain silent about Russia’s war,” wrote the Ukrainian president.
