Foreign Minister: 10 Greeks dead and six injured in bombings in Eastern Ukraine

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Another four expatriates lost their lives in an air strike in the village of Sartana, as announced by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, bringing the total number of dead to 10.

“The airstrikes against civilians, which continue in the village of Sartana and which resulted in the death of four more expatriates, are unacceptable criminal acts,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

“We unequivocally condemn them. We call on the Russian Federation to immediately cease air strikes and any action against civilians,” he added.

“Sadness and anger”

“The death of our compatriots causes sadness and anger for this unacceptable act of Russian attack on civilians,” wrote Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis about the losses of Greek expatriates in Ukraine.

“Condolences to their families. The Greek Consulate in Mariupol remains open to provide assistance,” the prime minister added.

In a new post in English about the losses of ten Greek expatriates in Ukraine, the prime minister states: “10 innocent citizens of Greek origin were killed today by Russian airstrikes near Mariupol. Stop the bombing now!”.

“We express our deepest sorrow over the death of four more expatriates in Bugas, Ukraine, and our sincere condolences to their families. We unequivocally condemn the ongoing attacks against civilians “, was the new message of the Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias.

” Condolences to the families of our expatriates for the tragic loss of our six compatriots. The Russian invasion of Ukraine must end immediately. “Let the weapons be silenced and the way be opened for diplomacy,” the SYRIZA president said in a post.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed earlier about death of two expatriates and the injury of six on the outskirts of the village of Sartana in Eastern Ukraine.

As for death in addition of four Greek expatriates, happened, according to an announcement by the Foreign Minister, in the village of Bougaswhich is located about 70 km north of Mariupol.

By order of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, the General Secretary Themistoklis Demiris made a strong protest action by telephone to the Russian Ambassador in Athens and invited him to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tomorrow.

It is recalled that the Minister of Foreign Affairs had urged his Russian counterpart, during their recent meeting, the issue of the need to protect the Greek community.

Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis expresses sadness and disgust for the Russian bombing of civilians in the village of Sartana, which resulted in the death and injury of our compatriots, via Twitter. He stressed in the same post that “Russia must realize even now that this war will only have casualties and special innocent victims.”

Russian embassy: On the outskirts of the village of Sartana, Russian forces today did not attempt

“We express our deep sorrow over the death and injury of Greek expatriates in the Donbas region,” the Russian embassy in Greece said in a statement.

The statement added: “For our part, we assure you with full responsibility that the targets of Russia’s special military operation are purely military units and infrastructure. We do not bomb residential areas or villages, nor any political or social infrastructure. On the outskirts of the village of Sartana, the Russian Air and Space Forces were not operating today.

“At the same time, we note that the Ukrainian army and neo-Nazi nationalist battalions have been known for many years to strike, even with heavy weapons, at civilians. This is proven and officially recorded.

“We warn that the Kiev regime is likely to use the Greek, as well as other ethnic communities living in Ukraine, precisely to provoke and inflate the anti-Russian reaction from abroad.”

Source: Capital

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