Russia launched a large-scale attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region on Sunday, killing four civilians and wounding about 100 others, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Earlier, Russia’s foreign ministry said the Russian military was preparing a series of strikes against military and industrial facilities in Kyiv and advised foreign diplomats to leave the city as soon as possible.
In a statement on Monday, Poland’s foreign ministry said it continued to "regard all attacks on Ukraine, including those against civilian facilities and civilians, as acts of unjustified aggression resulting in enormous human losses and infrastructural damage."
The ministry added that because Russia insists it is conducting what it calls a "special military operation" rather than a war—supposedly limited to military targets—any attacks on other infrastructure, including diplomatic missions, "should be treated as hostile acts."
"Any strike on Poland’s diplomatic missions will therefore be considered deliberate and intentional," the ministry said.
The statement added that Russia’s actions "carry serious consequences under international law" and further undermine its role as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
Poland called on Russia to "immediately cease its unjustified and unlawful aggression and to comply with its international commitments and treaties."
Russia’s foreign ministry said the attacks on Kyiv were retaliation for what it described as a deliberate Ukrainian drone strike on Friday on a teaching building and dormitory in the occupied city of Starobilsk in Ukraine’s Luhansk region.
Ukraine denied the accusation, saying the target was a unit directing drone attacks. Russian-installed authorities said 21 people were killed and 42 injured in the strike on Starobilsk.
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Source: IAR, PAP, TVP Info, gov.pl