“For the war crimes committed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and nationalist battalions, the killing of civilians, women, the elderly and children, the destruction of civilian infrastructure, including bridges, sponsors from the EU should bear the same responsibility as the Kyiv regime,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

They also stressed that the European Union continues to invest in further hostilities in Ukraine by supplying Ukrainians with weapons and military equipment.

At the same time, any attempts to achieve "victory on the battlefield" is a "direct road to the abyss" for both Kyiv and Brussels.