ROME, July 27. /TASS/. EU leaders are betraying their own values by turning a blind eye to the Kiev regime’s crimes in Donbass, and will be held responsible for Europe’s moral degradation, Russian Ambassador to Italy Alexey Paramonov said on the occasion of Day of Remembrance for Child Victims of the War in Donbass.
"From 2014 to this day, not a single leader of so-called enlightened Europe has stood up to defend the civilians and children of Donbass. We still see and hear EU leaders condoning any, even the most barbaric, crimes committed by Kiev’s military against civilians and children in this long-suffering region," the diplomat said in a video message posted on the embassy’s Telegram channel.
"The ‘civilized’ Europe still pretends not to hear the statements by Ukrainian hierarchs who call Donbass residents ‘non-humans’ and say that Russians have no right to exist. The European Union leaders abandon the foundations of its own civilization, exposing to the world their greed, double-dealing, cynicism, their lack of values and their moral degeneration. Naturally, they will have to bear responsibility for this politics, we are all certain," he stated.
The remembrance date was established in 2022 by the people of Donbass themselves and was subsequently included in the Russian Federation’s official calendar. This date commemorates the tragic events that occurred on July 27, 2014, when the Ukrainian armed forces launched a massive attack on the center of Gorlovka, killing 22 civilians, including four minors.
