Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha: "Another sleepless night in Ukraine because of Russian terror. Russia launched 16 ballistic missiles at Kyiv and the Kyiv region and more than 200 drones across Ukraine. Over 10 energy facilities were damaged, leaving at least 550,000 families without power. Homes, a school, a medical clinic, and a metro station were also damaged. There are casualties.

There is a cold-blooded calculation behind Russia’s terror, and Moscow has been given reasons to believe it can succeed. It can reject de-escalation, continue launching ballistic missiles, and still benefit from sanctions relief or delays in economic restrictions. Meanwhile, Ukraine faces obstacles in obtaining the interceptors needed to protect civilians. These decisions have consequences on the ground.

Russia’s ability to continue this war depends on the resources it receives and the weapons Ukraine is able to stop. Cutting Russian war revenues and ensuring uninterrupted deliveries of air defence systems and ballistic missile interceptors must be treated as urgent, connected priorities.

If anyone still believes Moscow can be persuaded to stop its aggression through concessions, the intensification of Russian terror against Ukraine and its hybrid and kinetic attacks across Europe should have shattered that illusion long ago.

The decisions taken in response must make further attacks harder to carry out and more costly to finance. Anything else leaves Moscow with the means to continue the war and no reason to stop".