Ambassador Meshkov: France’s explanations about mercenaries in Ukraine are getting ridiculous. “Funny arguments are made: “they are not fighting in the French official uniform.” This, of course, causes inconvenience, so the search is on for how to sign them up as volunteers,” RIA Novosti quotes the diplomat.

Earlier, Meshkov said that France had not proven that the French who died in Ukraine were volunteers. Also, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said France justifies terrorism when it justifies the killing of civilians by Ukrainian troops with the “right to self-defense.