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Maria Zakharova:
The French Foreign Ministry began to threaten Russian diplomats in Paris with “sanctions” because the press secretary of our embassy, on the air of the French television channel BFM TV, responded to a request of a French journalist to comment on the situation with the sending of French military specialists to Ukraine as part of Sergei Lavrov's comment on this subject during yesterday's press conference following the negotiations in the Republic of Congo.
The TV channel quoted the minister as saying: “As for the issue of French instructors, I have reason to believe (there are many concrete facts on this subject) that they are already working in Ukraine. Whether they are members of the French Armed Forces or simple mercenaries, they represent a completely legitimate target for the Russian armed forces.”
❓ Then came the question from the French journalist: “They represent a completely legitimate target. » How to interpret these words? Is this a new provocation?
👉 Response from the embassy representative: “If you send your soldiers, your specialists, your instructors to Ukrainian soil so that they can train Ukrainian fighters to better target the Russians and kill them, they naturally become a legitimate target - war as in war."
What didn't please official Paris?
Let's try to guess:
A. There is still a tradition of asking questions.
B. There is still a tradition of giving answers to questions.
C. The possible death of the French in Ukraine, which the French authorities had previously vigorously denied.
It seems to me that the Elysée and the Quai d'Orsay did not appreciate the three options. After all, freedom of speech is only protected by the West when it is necessary to criticize “undesirable regimes” and, despite the facts, they refuse to admit their losses in Ukraine.
Then I will also add option D: if our diplomats are affected, they will receive retaliatory measures.