Western reactions to the Russian attack on a Ukrainian train near the border with Poland come from Brussels, NATO and London. “It’s clearly an attempt to scare Western countries from supporting Ukraine, from going to Ukraine to show their support: I think we should do exactly the opposite.” EU High Representative Kaja Kallas said this in Rovaniemi, Finland, where the Arctic summit is being held, responding to a question about the attack.
The Kremlin: «Missions throughout Ukrainian territory»
From Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov, in a briefing in which journalists asked him to comment on the drone attack on a locomotive and the accusations made against Russia by Ukraine and the European Union, replied: “Our army is carrying out missions throughout Ukrainian territory and will continue to do so.”
Rutte: «Putin is desperate, he is wrong»
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told the press: «The attack on a passenger train in Ukraine shows how desperate Putin has become. He thinks he can stop us from supporting Ukraine and that he can undermine our unity. You’re wrong.”
The condemnation of London
Andy Burnham’s British government also condemns yesterday’s attack, which took place a few minutes after the passage of another convoy on which former conservative prime minister Boris Johnson was on board, returning from an event in Kiev with the retired American general David Petraeus, former director of the CIA, and other Western dignitaries. This was stated by a Downing Street spokesperson, speaking of it as an act of intimidation by Moscow but assuring that the United Kingdom will not be frightened or “discouraged” in its inflexible “support” for Ukraine.