After the discovery of hundreds of dead civilians in the Kiev suburb of Bucha, the European Union wants to do this as quickly as possible new sanctions against Russia impose. In Brussels, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell “strongly condemned the atrocities reportedly committed by Russian forces in a number of occupied Ukrainian cities.”
The EU will therefore “urgently work on further sanctions against Russia,” Borrell said. According to Brussels diplomats, the EU Commission intends to make a proposal for stricter penalties shortly.
“The massacres in the city of Bucha and other Ukrainian cities will be added to the list of atrocities committed on European soil,” emphasized the EU foreign policy chief. In order to hold those responsible to account, the EU is supporting Ukraine in its investigations into possible war crimes, but also the International Criminal Court in The Hague and the UN.