EU condemns deadly Russian strike on Kryvyi Rih

Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has strongly condemned the Russian strike on the city of Kryvyi Rih, which killed at least 16 people.

Source: Kallas on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda

Details: Kallas said the attack had demonstrated the "absolute and utter depravity of Moscow's war".

"This is terror by design. Russia wants to make Ukrainian cities unliveable," she stressed.

Kallas recalled that she had proposed the "most far-reaching Russia sanctions listings" since the beginning of the full-scale war.

She said pressure must continue to increase until Moscow ends the war.

"EU Foreign and Defence Ministers will discuss how to expand our support for Ukraine, including air and missile defence, when they meet in less than two weeks in Dublin," she said.

Background:

• Russian forces hit a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih with an attack drone on 21 August, causing a large fire.
• The Russians later launched a second strike with a jet-powered drone while emergency services and rescue workers were already working at the site.
• Emergency and rescue operations are continuing at the site, with nine people reported missing, including two children.

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