Declaration

The presidents of 11 East European NATO members, including Romania, condemned on Tuesday the recent Russian bombings of some Ukrainian cities, calling them “war crimes”, AFP and Reuters report. In a declaration  released by the Polish presidency, the leaders of the 11 countries – the members of the ‘Bucharest 9’ format (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary) plus Montenegro and North Macedonia – denounce Russia’s nuclear threats. At least 19 people died and 105 were injured in Monday’s Russian bombing of several Ukrainian cities, according to the Ukrainian emergency services.