Emmanuel Macron was ruthless towards Russia on Tuesday evening, May 16, during his opening speech at a new Council of Europe in Reykjavik (Iceland). He thus evoked, before the leaders of the continent, the "murders", the "rapes used as weapons of war", and the "deportations of children" committed by the Russian army since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine.
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Those who were deported, kidnapped, torn from their homes... These are war crimes, and they are widespread, they can become crimes against humanity," he said. He added: "Russia must return its children to Ukraine and must do so immediately.
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The President of the Republic went on to announce the creation by European states of an international register of war damages for the Russian invasion, with the aim of facilitating reparation claims and legal proceedings against the Kremlin. He also wants Europe to set up a hundred "mental health centers" in Ukraine, to deal with the traumas of war.