Emmanuel Macron calls Russia's latest comments "baroque and threatening" Head of State returns to Russia's interference in the run-up to the Olympics. French president's statements refer to the call between the Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu.

French report indicated that Paris "did not have any information enabling a link between this attack and Ukraine to be established" But, on the Russian side, possible links were mentioned between Ukraine, singled out by the Kremlin, and Western countries.