Several blasts were reported this morning in the Ukrainian capital city and in Lviv, Ternopil and Dnipro. The Romanian foreign minister Bogdan Aurescu announced that Romanian diplomatic staff in Kyiv is safe, although a missile hit 850m from the Romanian embassy office. The Romanian official firmly condemns Russian missile strikes on civilian targets in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities as a blatant violation of international human rights law. Meanwhile, Russia’s Security Council convenes today at president Vladimir Putin’s request, after Saturday’s partial destruction of the Kerch bridge connecting Russia to Crimea. According to Putin, this was a terrorist act committed by Ukraine. The Ukrainian authorities neither confirmed nor denied their involvement in the incident. In Washington, the White House declined comments on the topic and mentioned it would continue to supply weapons to Ukraine. Also today, the UN is holding an emergency session to discuss Russia’s recent annexation of 4 other Ukrainian provinces. Radio Romania’s correspondent in the US mentions that the UN General Assembly condemned the annexation of Crimea in 2014.
