2024-07-11 02:14:16
The Mexican government condemned the Russian attack on the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kiev, capital of Ukraine.
The above was sent through the Foreign Ministry’s X account (@SRE_mx) which reads:
“Mexico condemns any type of attack against civilian targets and demands strict adherence to the codes of conduct established in international humanitarian law.”
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At the same time, condolences were expressed to the people of Ukraine and solidarity with the families of the victims.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Government of Mexico condemns the attack on the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Mexico condemns any type of attack against civilian targets and demands strict adherence to the codes of conduct established in international law…
— Foreign Affairs (@SRE_mx) July 9, 2024
On Monday morning, Mexico time, it launched an attack against several Ukrainian targets, one of them was the Ukrainian capital where missiles hit the Children’s Hospital of the city.
According to estimates by the authorities of that nation, the attack left at least 22 dead and 82 wounded; in addition, 11 people died in the region of Dnipropetrovk, in the centre of the country, and three more in Pokrovsk, further east, close to the front line.
For its part, the Kremlin He said the damage to the hospital was a result of a failure in the Ukrainian defense system, which was rejected by the president. Volodímir Zelenski.
Following these events, the Security Council of the HIM will meet on Tuesday to discuss the issue; Zelensky called for an emergency meeting of the Council and promised “a strong response” to Russia’s “aggression.”
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kyiv has urged its allies, who will hold a NATO summit in Washington this week, to decide “quickly” to strengthen their air defences, as the current ones are “insufficient”.
Two years and four months ago, Russia began what it calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine to, according to the Ukrainian government, Vladimir Putin, protect the population of Donetsk and Lugansk.
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2024-07-11 02:14:16