The European Union has agreed this Monday to collect information on the Russian attacks once morest civilians in Ukraine with alleged Iranian drones and has threatened to retaliate once morest Tehran if the allegations of the Ukrainian authorities.
“We are closely following the use of drones, collecting evidence and we will be ready to react with the tools at our disposal,” said the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, at a press conference following the meeting of foreign ministers of the bloc in Luxembourg.
Borrell has explained that in his contacts with the Iranian authorities they “flatly” deny that they have sent this type of military material to Moscow for use in war Ukraine. “The Member States have asked to gather all the available evidence to continue the corresponding work,” he said.
At least Four people died this Monday as a result of the kamikaze drone attack on the center of kyiv. According to Borrell, the issue of the Iranian artifacts has aroused a “consistent unity” among the member states, advancing that there will be no problem agreeing on a response if all the “necessary evidence” is gathered.
During the meeting, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dimitro Kuleba, intervened, who participated by video call from a bunker, given the worsening of the situation in kyiv. The official has called for new sanctions once morest Russia for the military escalation and for measures to be imposed once morest Iran for alleged military aid to Moscow.
Attack on residential building
A Russian Su-34 military plane crashed in the seaside resort town of Yeisk, bathed by the Sea of Azov, on the border with Ukraine.and caused a large fire in a residential building, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
“At the site where the Sukhoi Su-34 crashed, in the courtyard of a residential area, the aircraft’s fuel caught fire,” the ministry said, while images on social media filmed by witnesses showed a building engulfed in flames. .
According to local authorities, 17 apartments in a nine-story building were damaged.
Ukraine releases 108 women
Some 108 women, largely military, were released by Ukraine in a new prisoner swap with Russia.announced on Monday an adviser to the Ukrainian presidency.
“Another large-scale prisoner of war exchange took place today… we released 108 women in captivity. It is the first women-only exchange,” Ukrainian chief of staff Andriy Yermak told Telegram.
Among those released, there were the majority of officers, soldiers and sergeants and also, evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks, in the city of Mariupol (southeast), besieged by Russian forces at the beginning of the conflict.
(With information from Europa Press and AFP)
