Dmytro Kuleba, the foreign minister of Ukraine, declared on Thursday that he has urged the European Union to impose sanctions on Russia’s missile manufacturing sector.
Russia’s missile manufacture “must be put to a halt,” Kuleba wrote in a tweet. He said that he delivered the message and praised the EU for itsdefense assistance to Ukraine at a meeting with Josep Borrell, the head of the EU’s foreign policy.
Russia has attacked Ukrainian cities with missiles, hitting important infrastructure facilities like a portion of the nation’s electrical grid.
The military of Ukraine said on Thursday that Russian soldiers were shelling Bakhmut, Soledar, and Opytne, among other towns, in the Donetsk area of eastern Ukraine. Russian tanks and artillery are reportedly being used to strike Ukrainian positions in the southern city of Kherson, according to the general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
According to a statement released by the US on Wednesday, the West’s determination to back Kyiv in its nine-month struggle against Moscow’s invasion will not be diminished by Russia’s campaign of weeks-long strikes on Ukraine’s essential heating, electrical, and water infrastructure.
Following a two-day NATO meeting in Bucharest, Romania, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated at a press conference that Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed his “fire and ire” at the civilian population of Ukraine as the very cold winter months sink in.
These are President Putin’s new targets: heat, water, and power.
He is striking them firmly. This abuse of the people of Ukraine is terrible, added Blinken.
The senior U.S. ambassador charged Putin of attempting to splinter the Western alliance backing Ukraine as energy costs rise and massive, recurring blackouts affect the country’s citizens.
Blinken declared, “This approach has not worked and will not work.”
“We’ll keep proving him incorrect.
I definitely and loudly heard that from every nation in Bucharest.
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, advocated for the establishment of a special court to try Russians for crimes against Ukraine.
A court supported by the UN was suggested by Von der Leyen “to examine and prosecute Russia’s crime of aggression.”
The harm caused by Russian military since their invasion of Ukraine in February, according to her, must be paid for by Russia and Russian billionaires.
In Bucharest, during a meeting of the NATO foreign ministers, von der Leyen declared that “Russia’s horrible acts will not go unpunished.”
Some information for this report came from The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Reuters.
