The case of the Ukrainian drones that Russia says it shot down and how they targeted him Vladimir Putin, “she’s weird to say the least”the French woman said today to the France Inter radio station Minister of Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna.

Russia accused Ukraine yesterday, Wednesday, of targeting the residence of the Russian president in Kremlin with two drones, a charge Kiev denies.

However, Katrin Colonna refused to indulge “in the game of assumptions”. The fact that drones reach the Kremlin “cannot be understood under normal conditions”, according to her.

Colona reminded that the Ukrainians “They have officially stated since yesterday that they are not involved in this event, which remains unexplained.”

The French minister also expressed her regret for the statements of former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who yesterday called for the “extermination” of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in retaliation for this alleged attack on the Kremlin.

“Dmitri Medvedev stands out for his outrageous statements, for a verbal escalation for which we express our regret,” said Colonna. “Once again this escalation comes from the side of Russia, once again it seeks to intimidate, to find pretexts that could justify the unjustifiable”he added.

The French minister refused to refer to the case of the assassination of the Ukrainian president, but she reminded how “important it is to respect the physical integrity” of a democratically elected head of state.

The channels of communication with Russia “remain necessary”underlined Katrin Colona, ​​who argued that one of the problems of Russian power is “the fact that it is locked in a parallel reality”.

French President Emmanuel Macron has not spoken to Vladimir Putin in months, but regularly expresses the idea that dialogue should be maintained with all parties.

“We have no interest in strengthening this mental isolation that led Russia (…) to choose to invade Ukraine,” said the head of French diplomacy, who did not specify whether she planned to contact the its Russian counterpart.

According to her, maintaining a dialogue format also allows for “reality” to be recalled.

France must continue to help Ukraine so that the latter can carry out a counteroffensive to create “a more favorable balance of forces” on the ground in order to hope for a return of Russia to the negotiating table, he emphasized.

The French government is preparing a new aid package, he also said, without disclosing when that package might be announced.