“Russia’s unjustified, unprovoked and illegal aggression must stop!”, Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis said in a message marking the Independence Day of Ukraine today. “I reiterate Romania’s firm support and solidarity with Ukraine and the brave Ukrainian people who are valiantly defending their country”, the president added. A similar message was conveyed by Romania’s Foreign Minister, Bogdan Aurescu, who said that Romania acted to provide Kyiv authorities with assistance from the first days of what he has called “the most serious crisis facing Europe in the last decades”, while Romanian citizens “have done everything in their power to help Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees who fled the horrors of war”. In turn, president Volodymyr Zelensky promised all Ukrainian territories will be recaptured, and that Kyiv will retaliate if any attacks target its territory today. The United States have warned that Moscow might today launch cruise missiles targeting civilian and government infrastructure, asking all American citizens to leave Ukraine immediately. Also today, Washington is expected to announce the largest single installment of US security assistance to Ukraine worth 3 billion USD. Leaders taking part in the second summit of the Crimea Platform on Tuesday promised support for Kyiv, calling on Moscow to withdraw its troops.
