French far-left presidential candidate Melenchon blames Ukraine's deep strikes for war escalation

France's far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon on Sept. 23 posted a video of himself speaking about Russia's war on Ukraine, with the accompanying message: "From the very first day we have condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine."

"Who can imagine that a country would allow its own capital to be attacked and provide no response to such a situation?" Melenchon asked rhetorically, in what appeared to be a reference to Ukrainian drone strikes on Moscow.

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