According to the governor of the Kherson region, he was killed by a Russian strike. It was not immediately clear whether they were Ukrainian military “volunteers” or aid workers.
Two “Volunteers” Frenchmen were killed and three others were lightly wounded on Thursday, February 1, during a Russian strike in Berislav near Kherson in southern Ukraine, a Ukrainian official announced. “Foreign volunteers killed and wounded due to enemy attack on Berislav”the governor of Kherson region, Oleksandr Prokudin, wrote on a telegram. “Russian forces killed two French citizens. Three other foreigners were slightly injured.He added, without specifying the specific functions of these “Volunteers” – an expression often used to refer to workers of humanitarian organizations – and offering “sincere condolences to the families of the deceased”. It is unclear whether they were aid workers or “volunteers” of the Ukrainian military.
The Ukrainian National Police, for their part, indicated that two men of French nationality were killed, and three men and a woman were injured following the drone attack. She announced, in a telegram, the opening of an investigation into violations of the laws and customs of war. “All the victims came to Kherson region as volunteers”
Police added.The French foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request by AFP overnight from Thursday to Friday.
Berislav, which had about 12,000 inhabitants before the war, is located on the northern bank of the Dnieper River, close to the front line.
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