2024-07-11 06:18:17
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas called the footage from Kyiv “shocking” and stressed the need to support Ukraine, writing about it on the social network X.
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the missile attacks on Kyiv were a war crime that must be condemned by the international community.
Czech President Petr Pavel described the shelling of Okhmatdet as “unforgivable,” noting that it confirmed Putin’s Russia’s determination to stop at nothing. He added that he was flying to a NATO summit and expected a consensus on the perception of Russia as the main threat.
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy called the attack on the Okhmatdet children’s hospital “a horrific attack on Ukrainian civilians” and pledged Britain’s strong support for Kyiv. Lammy stressed the need to hold people accountable for “Putin’s illegal war.”
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer condemned the attack on the hospital and reposted a video of the aftermath of the missile strike published by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans, who recently returned from Kyiv, called the Russian strike on the children’s hospital a “cowardly attack” and stressed the need for rapid delivery of Patriot and F-16 spare parts and increased work on air defense with partners.
In Latvia, Prime Minister Evika Silina called the strike on a children’s hospital and other civilian targets an evil and cowardly tactic to intimidate the democratic world ahead of the NATO summit. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis agreed, noting that “Putin is sending greetings to the NATO summit by bombing a children’s hospital,” and that underscores the need to support Ukraine and provide it with real security guarantees.
Earlier, “Cursor” reported that Zelensky responded to the attack on Okhmatdet.
In addition, the expert drew attention to an important nuance in the Russian attack on Kyiv, calling it a “catastrophe.”