Political leaders of the world reacted this Monday with shock before the russian bombing civilian targets this morning in cities such as kyiv, Lviv and Zaporizhia in Ukraine that left at least ten dead and sixty wounded, some attacks that for the UN represent an “unacceptable escalation” of the war.
The Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres, said that with the attacks launched this Monday by Russia once morest several cities of all Ukraine civilians “are paying the highest price.”
“The secretary-general is deeply shocked by today’s large-scale missile attacks by the armed forces of the Russian Federation,” his spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, said in a statement.
For his part, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, “strongly condemned” the massive Russian bombing of Ukrainewhich “demonstrate the absolute brutality” of his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
“These attacks have killed and injured civilians and destroyed non-military targets“, Biden said, assuring that they will strengthen support for Ukraine and that the United States will continue to “impose a heavy cost on Russia for its aggression.”
Following the attacks, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called his Ukrainian counterpart, Dymitro Kuleba, to express his country’s support. “I have just spoken with Dymitro Kuleba to reiterate US support for Ukraine following the horrific attacks on the Kremlin this morning. We will continue to provide economic, humanitarian and security assistance so that Ukraine can defend itself and protect its people,” Blinken said on Twitter.
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, considered that the Russian air attacks on Monday show a “profound change in nature” in which the war takes place.
Macron announced, in brief statements to the press during an internal visit to a small town in the west of the country, that this followingnoon he would meet with his military and diplomatic advisers to study the situation.
From the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Liz Truss condemned the attacks that in her eyes reflect the “desperation” of the Russian President Vladimir Putin.
These “appalling” attacks are “a sign of the success of Ukraine and the growing desperation in Putin’s response,” Truss said in a statement from Downing Street, his official office, following a conversation with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she was “shocked and horrified by the ruthless attacks in kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.”
“One more time, Russia it has shown the world what it stands for: terror and brutality. Those responsible must be held accountable,” said the president of the European Commission,
The president of the European Council, Charles Michel, also considered in his Twitter profile that “Russia’s horrendous attacks once morest kyiv and other cities in Ukraine show the desperation of the Kremlin.”
“These indiscriminate attacks once morest civilians are war crimes,” he said, and assured that they are “committed to supporting Ukraine and hold the Russian regime to account” and that they will address that issue with G7 partners.
The high representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, declared himself “shocked” on Monday by Russian bombardments of civilian targets that, he lamented, “have no place in the 21st century.”
The head of European diplomacy assured that the EU “is on the side of Ukraine“and stressed that more military support from the community bloc is “on the way” to the country. (With information from AFP and EFE)
