A complete of six members of the Greek communities in Ukraine died throughout assaults on Saturday, and at the very least six have been injured, together with a baby, the Greek International Affairs Ministry mentioned on Saturday.
Earlier on Saturday, two Greek expatriates died and 6 have been injured throughout bombing by Russian plane within the area of the Sartana village. In a while Saturday, it was reported that one other 4 Greek expatriates had died in bombardments within the village of Burgas, almost 70km north of Mariupol.
It was additionally introduced that International Ministry Secretary Basic Themistocles Demiris conveyed by cellphone a powerful protest to the Russian ambassador in Athens, and summoned him to the ministry on Sunday. The protest was made following the order of International Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias.
Dendias had raised the difficulty of the safety of the Greek group in Ukraine, throughout a latest assembly together with his Russian counterpart.
In his personal message on Twitter, the minister expressed grief and abhorrence for the assaults on civilians.
Related messages have been issued by Alternate International Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis – who additionally mentioned that “Russia ought to grasp even at this level that this struggle will solely have losers, notably harmless victims” – and Deputy International Minister Andreas Katsaniotis.
Russian Embassy in Athens
The Russian Embassy in Athens expressed its deep grief over the loss of life and damage of Greek group members within the area of Donbas on Saturday, including that “Russia’s particular army operations in Ukraine solely goal army items and infrastructure solely.”
“We don’t bomb inhabited areas and villages, nor any political or social infrastructure. The Russian Air and Area Forces weren’t working within the area of the Sartana village right this moment,” it mentioned in an announcement. It added, “the Ukrainian military and nationalist neo-Nazi orders have been recognized for years to assault civilians, even with heavy weapons. That is confirmed and formally documented.”
The embassy warned that “the Kiev regime is presumably utilizing the Greek and different ethnic minorities residing in Ukraine to impress and inflame the anti-Russian response overseas.”
(amna.gr)