War in Ukraine: Macron calls on the French to “accept to pay the price of freedom”

From Bormes-les-Mimosas, the Head of State denounced the Russian “brutal attack” in Ukraine and called on the French to accept the consequences “of the price of freedom”. Emmanuel Macron denounced the “brutal attack” on Friday. of Russia in Ukraine and called on the French to “accept to pay the price of freedom” in the face of the consequences in Europe. resist uncertainties, sometimes ease and adversity and, united, agree to pay the price for our freedom and our values”, launched the Head of State during a ceremony for the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Bormes-les-Mimosas (Var) on August 17, 1944. Towards a difficult return to school and winter “Since the brutal attack launched by Vladimir Poutine on February 24, the war has returned to a few hours from our borders on the ground European”, he underlined, after speaking during the day by telephone with the master of the Kremlin to send a mission of experts to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the target of recurrent bombardments which raise fears of a new Chernobyl in the south of Ukraine. The Head of State called for a ” thought for the Ukrainian people, who heroically resist the terrible assaults of the Russian army and its auxiliaries”. “Yes, the ghosts of the spirit of revenge, the flagrant violations of state sovereignty, the intolerable contempt of the people , the imperialist will reappear from the past to impose themselves in the daily life of our Europe, our neighbors, our friends”, he hammered. The president had already prepared the French for a difficult return to school and winter, during of his interview on July 14, due to the risks of energy shortages and the surge in prices induced by the war in Ukraine. “We must all be prepared for (the war) to last. The summer and the beginning of autumn will undoubtedly be very hard”, had launched the president, by evoking the situation of “war economy” which the country is facing.Jeanne Bulant with AFP Journalist BFMTV