Jean-Luc Mélenchon, France's far-left presidential candidate, blamed Ukraine for escalating the war by conducting deep strikes into Russian territory as of 23 September 2026. He questioned how any country could allow its capital to be attacked without responding.
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"Who can imagine that a country would allow its own capital to be attacked and provide no response to such a situation?" France's far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon asked rhetorically, in what appeared to be a reference to Ukrainian drone strikes on Moscow.
KYIV INDEPENDENT: French far-left presidential candidate Melenchon blames Ukraine's deep strikes for war escalation https:// kyivindependent.com/french-far -left-presidential-candidate-melenchon-blames-ukraines-deep-strikes-for-war-escalation/ "Who can imagine that a country would allow its own capital to be attacked and provide no response to such a situation?" France's far-left leader Jean-Luc M