💰 EU condemns 'heinous' Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities

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EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Russia's acts had "no place in the 21st century", adding in a tweet that military support for Ukraine from the bloc was on its way.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com"They are barbaric and cowardly attacks... targeting innocent civilians on their way to work and school in the morning traffic," Peter Stano, a spokesperson for the European Union's executive arm told the Commission's daily news briefing.He described the strikes as a contravention of international humanitarian law and said Russia's political and military leadership would be held accountable for these and other war crimes.Specifically, it told Minsk immediately to stop allowing the territory of Belarus to serve as a launch pad for very recent missile strikes and drone attacks against Ukrainian civilians.Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday he had ordered troops to deploy with Russian forces near Ukraine in response to what he said was a clear threat to Belarus from Kyiv and its backers in the West."

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