EU on Russian attack on Kostiantynivka: A heinous and barbaric attack
The European Union responded to the Russian shelling of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast, which killed 17 people and injured 32 more.
Source: statement of Peter Stano, the spokesman for the European Commission on foreign and security policy, as European Pravda reported
Quote: "Russia continues terrorising Ukraine’s civilian population. Today’s heinous and barbaric missile attack on a market area in Kostyantynivka in Donetsk region killed at least 16 people, including a child and injured dozens others," Stano said.
He noted that the attack on Kostiantynivka followed an escalation in recent months of attacks by drones and missiles throughout Ukraine.
"It comes in addition to Russia’s daily indiscriminate shelling and bombing near the frontlines causing hundreds of civilian victims. The EU strongly condemns these attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure and calls on Russia to immediately stop its inhumane and illegal aggression."
Stano also recalled the systematic Russian attacks on the south of Ukraine, which demonstrate how Russia is "exacerbating the global food security crisis with its illegal war of aggression against Ukraine", and also demonstrates the Russian tactics of increasing its economic profits at the expense of Ukraine, deliberately endangering millions of the most vulnerable people around the world.
"Intentional attacks against civilians are war crimes. All commanders, perpetrators and accomplices of these atrocities will be held to account," he added.
Background: On the afternoon of 6 September, Russian troops targeted the central market in the city of Kostiantynivka. Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted a video of the strike and noted that the invaders attacked the site with artillery.
According to the latest data, 17 people have been killed and 32 have been injured as a result of the Russian attack.
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