We should respond in language Putin understands – Polish Foreign Minister
Wednesday, 3 January 2024, 09:04
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has called for Russia and its President Vladimir Putin to be held accountable for Russia's large-scale missile attack on Ukraine on 2 January.
Source: Sikorski on Twitter (X)
Details: Sikorski called for tougher sanctions against Russia to prevent Moscow from creating new weapons from smuggled components and to provide Kyiv with long-range missiles that would allow Ukraine to destroy launch sites and command posts.
Quote: "We should respond to the latest onslaught on Ukraine in language that Putin understands."
Background:
- Earlier, Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová, commenting on the large-scale missile attack by Russia on 2 January, stressed the importance of helping Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression.
- Russia launched a large-scale missile attack on Ukraine on the morning of 2 January. Missile debris crashed in the Pecherskyi, Obolonskyi, Holosiivskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts of the city of Kyiv. There were also hits in Kharkiv.
- Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported that the Russians had launched 99 missiles of various types, 72 of which were destroyed.
- Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, is waiting for Western countries to react and take decisive measures after another large-scale Russian attack.
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