Germany urges West to respond to Kremlin strikes with new sanctions
The latest wave of Russian attacks on Ukraine must be met with additional Western sanctions, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said, Reuters reported on May 25.
His statement comes after Russia launched mass attacks on Ukraine for three days in a row, killing and injuring dozens.
“[Russian dictator Vladimir] Putin is not interested in peace; he wants to continue this war, and we must not allow that," Wadephul said.
"That’s why the European Union will agree to impose additional sanctions.”
The United States may also introduce new sanctions packages against Russia.
He expressed hope that these measures will force Putin to come to the negotiating table to avoid potentially severe consequences for Russia’s economy and energy sector.
In the early hours of May 24, Russia launched one of its most massive combined attacks on Kyiv, according to the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko. Fifteen people were injured in the capital. Ukraine’s Air Force reported that Russia attacked the country with 14 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and 250 drones. Defense forces shot down six Iskander missiles and neutralized 245 drones.
Between the evening of May 24 and the night of May 25, the Russian forces launched another combined air attack on Ukraine using 367 aerial weapons, including nine Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, Kh-101, Kalibr, and Kh-22 cruise missiles, Kh-59/69 guided air missiles, as well as 298 Shahed strike drones and decoy UAVs.
Ukraine’s Interior Minister data indicated that 13 oblasts came under attack: the capital itself, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Sumy, and Poltava. Twelve people were killed in the mass attack.
On the night of May 26, Russian forces once again launched Shahed drones and missiles against Ukraine. Explosions were heard in Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Starokostiantyniv, and other cities. Two people were injured in the Zaporizhzhya district following the overnight strike.
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