For a word, dissensions appear since Wednesday between kyiv and Paris.

But it must be said that the term in question is particularly heavy with meaning.

Emmanuel Macron's refusal to denounce a "genocide" in Ukraine by the Russian army is "very hurtful", thus deplored his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.

During the day, the French president had indeed chosen not to use the term "genocide" used by his American counterpart Joe Biden to accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of it in Ukraine.

The “disappointing” French position for kyiv

"I would say that Russia unilaterally started a brutal war, that it is now established that war crimes were committed by the Russian army and that now we must find those responsible," said Emanuel Macron.

“It is madness what is happening, it is incredibly brutal (…) but at the same time I look at the facts and I want to try as much as possible to continue to be able to stop this war and to rebuild peace, so I'm not sure the escalation of words serves the cause,” he continued.

The spokesman for Ukrainian diplomacy, Oleg Nikolenko, then reacted quickly, deeming this position “disappointing”.

"If they are true, such remarks are very hurtful for us", for his part declared Volodymyr Zelensky during a joint press conference with the Polish, Lithuanian, Estonian and Latvian heads of state, visiting kyiv. .

“I will do my best to discuss this matter with Mr. Macron today.

If not, then tomorrow when he finds the time,” he added.

Tuesday, Joe Biden had for the first time accused Vladimir Putin of carrying out a "genocide" in Ukraine, a word hitherto used by the Ukrainian president but never by the American administration.

On Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also spoke of a "genocide" for the first time.

Russia, for its part, defends itself by denouncing a "staging" and "falsifications" orchestrated by the Ukrainians and intended to harm it.

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