The head of Portuguese diplomacy condemned on Thursday the attack on a village in eastern Ukraine blamed on Russia that left dozens dead and urged the punishment of political and military leaders.
‘The news from eastern Ukraine is horrible. All those who commit war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression must be held accountable,” said João Gomes Cravinho.in a message published on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
“Russia’s political and military leaders will ultimately have to answer for themselves in court,” the Minister of Foreign Affairs (MNE) also noted in the same message.
The news reaching us from eastern Ukraine is horrific.
Anyone who commits war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression must be held accountable. Russia’s political and military leaders will ultimately have to answer to court. https://t.co/iefl1O8fkB– João Cravinho (@JoaoCravinho) October 5, 2023
On Thursday, in Granada, Spain, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced a Russian missile attack on a shop in a village in eastern Ukraine (Hroza), which killed at least 51 people and became one of the deadliest attacks in recent memory. was months.
Zelensky, who took part in a European Political Community summit in Granada with about fifty European leaders with the aim of building support for his country at war, called the attack an “arguably brutal Russian crime” and “a completely deliberate act of terror.”
A Russian missile hit an ordinary supermarket in the Kutiansk district of the Kharkov region. This was a completely deliberate, demonstrative and brutal terrorist attack.
More than 51 people have been killed so far. My condolences to everyone who has lost their loved ones… pic.twitter.com/yxIW2Xwy35
– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) October 5, 2023
On the same occasion, The Ukrainian president urged Western allies to help strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses, claiming that “Russian terror must be stopped.”
The Russian military offensive on Ukrainian territory, launched on February 24 last year, plunged Europe into what is considered the worst security crisis since World War II (1939-1945).
Ukraine’s Western allies have supplied weapons to Kiev and approved successive sanctions packages against Russian interests to try to reduce Moscow’s ability to finance the war effort.
Source: DN
