Blinken describes Russian strikes on civilian facilities in Ukraine as "barbaric"

On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken described Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine as "barbaric".

"Over the past few weeks, Russia has bombed more than a third of the Ukrainian energy system, plunging millions into cold and darkness," Blinken said after a two-day meeting with his counterparts in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Bucharest. (Vladimir) Putin, this brutal treatment of the Ukrainian people is barbaric."

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