Russia bombs major Ukrainian cities after Kerch Bridge attack

Various international agents have expressed their condemnation of the attacks perpetrated by Russia on Monday against kyiv.

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The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has threatened a “tough response” against Ukraine if it “continues its acts of terrorism”, after the Russian Army has carried out a “massive Attack” against the Ukrainian capital, kyiv, and other cities after the explosion registered on Saturday on the Kerch bridge, which connects the country with the Crimean peninsula, annexed in 2014.

Also, he has branded “nuclear terrorism” the attacks by the Ukrainian forces against the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, under the control of Russian troops, and has denounced that the Ukrainian special services “have carried out three terrorist attacks against the Kursk nuclear power plant in Russia”.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy has stated that the Russian attack will force the halt of the electricity exports to the European Union (EU).

The damages suffered by several electrical and heating generation substations make it necessary to adopt this measure to stabilize the Ukrainian network, the Ministry reported in a statement.

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The general secretary of the NATOJens Stoltenberg, has condemned via Twitter the “horrible and indiscriminate” Russian attacks against civilians in Ukraine and has assured that the allies will maintain their support for kyiv “as long as necessary”.

Spoke with Foreign Minister @DmytroKuleba & condemned #russia‘s horrific & indiscriminate attacks on civilian infrastructure in #ukraine. #BORN will continue supporting the brave Ukrainian people to fight back against the Kremlin’s aggression for as long as it takes.

— Jens Stoltenberg (@jensstoltenberg) October 10, 2022

Also the leaders of the institutions of the EU They have condemned the attacks carried out this Monday, affirming that it is “a criminal act”.

This is the case of Josep Borrell, the High Representative for Foreign Policy of the EU, who has been “deeply shocked” by attacks that, in his opinion, “have no place in the 21st century”. “I condemn them in the most resounding way,” he has stated on Twitter.

Deeply shocked by Russia’s attacks on civilians in #kyiv and other cities in Ukraine.

Such acts have no place in the 21st century. I condemn them in the strongest possible terms.

We stand with Ukraine. Additional military support from the EU is on its way.

— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) October 10, 2022

The general secretary of the UNAntónio Guterres has said that the attacks constitute “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 attacks by the armed forces of the Russian Federation,” his spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, said in a statement.

For his part, the president of USAJoe Biden has denounced that the attacks demonstrate the “absolute brutality” of Russian President Vladimir Putin in his “illegal” war in Ukraine.

“These attacks killed and injured civilians and destroyed non-military targets,” he said in a statement issued by the White House, in which he also offered his condolences to the families, friends and acquaintances of the victims.

The US condemns Russia’s missile strikes today across Ukraine which injured and killed civilians and demonstrated once again the brutality of Putin’s illegal war.

These attacks only reinforce our commitment to stand with the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes.

— President Biden (@POTUS) October 10, 2022