Russia strikes close to NATO as missiles nearly hit the Polish border. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted about the attack.
“We condemn the Russian Federation’s missile attack on the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security in Yavoriv, close to Ukraine’s border with Poland,” Blinken tweeted Sunday.
More than 30 missiles were launched into a military facility early Sunday morning, killing 35 people and injuring 134 others. The International Peacekeeping and Security Center is a massive military installation that housed the US and NATO personnel.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday it is only a matter of time before Russia’s military assault on Ukraine expands. He warns members of NATO it will happen unless the alliance installs a no-fly zone over his country.
“Last year, I made a clear warning to NATO leaders that if there were no tough preventive sanctions against Russia, it would start a war.” Zelensky said in a video address Sunday posted to his Facebook page.”
He added, “We were right … now I repeat again — if you do not close our sky, it is only a matter of time before Russian missiles fall on your territory. NATO territory. On the homes of citizens of NATO countries.”
“An American journalist was killed in the Kyiv region today. Brent Renaud. His colleague was wounded. It was a deliberate attack by the Russian military. They knew what they were doing. But not everyone in the West seems to know what they are doing,” he said.
“Representatives of our countries’ delegations speak in video format every day. Our delegation has a clear task — to do everything to ensure a meeting of the presidents, the meeting that I am sure people are waiting for,” he said.