A senior EU official said Friday that Russia has taken its war against Ukraine to 'a different stage' by making indiscriminate attacks on civilians and non-military targets, while criticizing Moscow for triggering recent moves by Germany and the United States to send advanced tanks to Ukraine.
A senior EU official said Friday that Russia has taken its war against Ukraine to "a different stage" by making indiscriminate attacks on civilians and non-military targets, while criticizing Moscow for triggering recent moves by Germany and the United States to send advanced tanks to Ukraine.
He said German and U.S. tank provisions are meant to help Ukrainians defend themselves in the war, rather than making them attackers. The EU is not moving the war into a different stage but is "just giving the possibility of saving lives and allowing the Ukrainians to defend from these barbaric attacks," Sannino said.
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