European Parliament declares Russia a ‘state sponsor of terrorism’ as Putin launches fresh attacks on Ukraine

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KYIV — The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted a resolution declaring Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism because of Moscow’s strikes on civilian targets, at the same time as Kyiv’s military administration reported three people were killed and half-a-dozen injured in a Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s capital.“The deliberate attacks and atrocities committed by Russian forces and their proxies against civilians in Ukraine, the destruction of civilian infrastructure and other serious violations of international and humanitarian law amount to acts of terror and constitute war crimes,” the Parliament said.The EU resolution, however, calls for further isolation of Russia internationally by stripping it of its membership in international organizations and bodies, reducing diplomatic ties with Russia to the absolute minimum and adopting a ninth sanctions package.In Kyiv, the latest onslaught, which started at lunchtime, further degraded water and power supplies in a city that has already seen its energy capacity reduced by half since Russia on October 10 started launching large-scale missile and drone attacks zeroing in on the country’s power grid.The strikes on Kyiv were part of a nationwide Russian attack with local administrations reporting blasts and explosions in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinnytsia and Zaporizhzhia."

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