Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned a representative of the Russian Embassy in Lithuania to express its strong protest over the Kremlin’s recently intensified shelling of civilian targets in Ukraine.
The Russian representative was told that rockets and bombs falling on educational establishments, hospitals, and civilian homes showed Russia’s desperation and its complete disregard for human life and any rules of war.
The Foreign Ministry also pointed out that not only the perpetrators of Russia’s war crimes but also those responsible for the planning and execution of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine are responsible.
“Lithuania, together with the international community, reiterates its call on Russia to put an immediate end to its criminal and brutal aggression and underlines that it will do everything possible to further strengthen its support to Ukraine’s defence,” the ministry said.
Seven people, including three children, were killed in a Russian strike on the historic centre of Lviv in western Ukraine on Wednesday.
Russia also hit a military institute and a nearby hospital in Poltava with two ballistic missiles on Tuesday. The strike killed 53 and injured 271 people.
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