France summons Russian ambassador after 2 citizens die in Ukraine

By Beyza Binnur Donmez

GENEVA (AA) - France’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador on Monday over the deaths of two French aid workers in Ukraine.

The two workers died last week during a Russian airstrike near the Dnipro River and the attack was immediately condemned by Paris.

The Russian embassy in Paris issued a statement after the meeting saying that French authorities had presented "no evidence" to prove that the French citizens who died were humanitarian workers.

According to the statement, the Russian ambassador "pointed to the lack of a response from the French side...in connection with the participation of French mercenaries in the criminal actions of the Kiev regime, as well as the irresponsibility and danger of the ever deeper involvement of Paris in the Ukrainian conflict."