Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Benin
KYIV. UkraineGate . 28 . July . 2022 | Ukraine News .
Emmanuel Macron said that Russia has launched a hybrid world war of a new type and is using information, energy and food as tools.
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At a briefing together with the President of Benin, as part of his African tour, French President Emmanuel Macron stated that Russia has launched a hybrid world war of a new type.
“This is a hybrid war. It (Russia – ed.) has decided that information, energy and food are military tools put to the service of a continental imperialist war against Ukraine,” Macron said.
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The French leader is on a tour of three African countries – Cameroon, Benin and Guinea-Bissau.
On Tuesday, Macron called the global food crisis one of Russia’s weapons of war during a visit to Cameroon , rejecting suggestions that Western sanctions were to blame.