Macron Condemns Russia's Strike on the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

29.09.2026, 11:09◉ 02 min readEditorial team “SHCHO STALOSIA”

French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the Russian strike on the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv, calling it a manifestation of the Russian regime's disdain for science and truth. — Ukrinform.

Macron Condemns Russia's Strike on the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

According to Ukrinform, he wrote about this on the social network X.

"The regime of Vladimir Putin has struck at the largest research institution in Ukraine - the National Academy of Sciences. These strikes are another indication of the Russian regime's hostile disregard for science and the truth," Macron said.

In a separate joint statement, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot and Minister of Higher Education, Research and Space Philippe Baptiste called the attack on civilian infrastructure a violation of international law.

“These crimes will not go unpunished,” Barro and Baptiste stressed.

As Ukrinform reported, in Kyiv, as a result of a drone hitting the building of one of the buildings of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, two people were killed and seven were injured.

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According to him, the attack complemented Russia's daily strikes, which affect the civilian population of Ukraine. The President expressed his condolences to the victims and their families and assured that France and Europe would stay with the Ukrainians as long as necessary.

"Attacks on universities, laboratories and centers of knowledge are an unacceptable attack on the very future of Ukraine," the ministers stressed. France, according to them, will continue to cooperate with the Ukrainian scientific community and support the documentation of attacks on civilian and civil objects to bring the perpetrators to justice.