Several international agents have condemned Russia’s attacks on Kiev on Monday.
Euskaraz irakurri: Errusiak Ukrainako hiri nagusiak bonbardatu ditu, Kerch zubiaren aurkako erasoaren ostean
The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has threatened a “harsh response” against Ukraine if it “continues its acts of terror”, after the Russian army “mass attack” against the Ukrainian capital Kiev and other cities after the explosion registered Saturday on the Kerch Bridge, which connects the country with the Crimea peninsula, which was annexed in 2014.
He also branded “nuclear terrorism” attacks by Ukrainian troops on the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, controlled by Russian forces, and denounced that Ukrainian special services “perpetrated three terrorist attacks on the Kursk nuclear power plant in Russia”.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy has stated that the Russian attack will stop the export of electricity to the European Union (EU).
The damage suffered by several electricity and heating substations makes it necessary to take this measure to stabilize Ukraine’s network, the ministry said in a statement.
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The general secretary of the NATOJens Stoltenberg, on Twitter, has condemned the “terrible and indiscriminate” Russian attacks on civilians in Ukraine and has assured that the Allies will maintain their support for Kiev “for as long as necessary”.
Spoke to Minister of Foreign Affairs @DmytroKuleba & convicted #Russiahorrific and indiscriminate attacks on civilian infrastructure in #Ukraine. #BORN will continue to support the brave Ukrainian people for as long as it takes to fight back against the Kremlin’s aggression.
— Jens Stoltenberg (@jensstoltenberg) October 10, 2022
Also the leaders of the institutions of the EU They have condemned the attacks carried out this Monday, confirming that it is “a criminal act”.
This is the case of Josep Borrell, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Policy, who is “deeply shocked” by attacks that he believes “have no place in the 21st century”. “I condemn them in the strongest possible way,” he said on Twitter.
Deeply shocked by Russian attacks on civilians in #kiev and other cities in Ukraine.
Such acts have no place in the 21st century. I condemn them in the strongest possible terms.
We stand behind Ukraine. Additional EU military support is on the way.
— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) October 10, 2022
The general secretary of the UNAntónio Guterres has said the attacks represent “another unacceptable escalation of the war” for which civilians are “paying the highest price”.
“The Secretary General is deeply shocked by today’s large-scale missile strikes by the armed forces of the Russian Federation,” his spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, said in a statement.
For his part, the chairman of United StatesJoe Biden has denounced that the attacks demonstrate the “absolute brutality” of Russian President Vladimir Putin in his “illegal” war in Ukraine.
“These attacks have killed and injured civilians and destroyed non-military targets,” he said in a White House statement, also extending his condolences to the families, friends and acquaintances of the victims.
The US today condemns Russia’s rocket attacks in Ukraine, which injured and killed civilians, demonstrating once again the brutality of Putin’s illegal war.
These attacks only reinforce our commitment to assist the people of Ukraine for as long as necessary.
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 10, 2022
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