Lithuanian Foreign Ministry explains why Putin delivers bloody strikes against Ukraine
Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania (photo: flickr.com/mfa lithuania)
Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to demonstrate NATO's predictability by committing war crimes against Ukraine with impunity, states Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis.
According to him, Putin welcomes NATO summit participants by bombing a children's hospital, as if needing an explanation of why Ukraine should receive comprehensive support now and real security guarantees in the future.
The head of Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that it is time to prove the dictator wrong and provide Ukraine with the best weapons and permission to strike military targets in Russia as deeply as necessary.
"Putin doesn't need to test our response any more. He expects our response will be weak, and he wants the world to see how predictable we are," Landsbergis believes.
Massive missile shelling of Ukraine
On Monday, July 8, Russia launched 40 missiles of various types targeting Kyiv and several other cities in Ukraine.
According to the latest information, the attacks on Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, as well as Sloviansk and Kramatorsk resulted in the deaths of 37 people and injuries to 170 others.
In Kyiv, one of the Kh-101 missiles completely destroyed the building of the Okhmatdyt children's hospital. As of the latest data, 27 people, including two children, lost their lives in the capital as a result of the attack, and 82 others were injured.
For more details on the aftermath of the July 8 bombardment, read the article by RBC-Ukraine.
