• Top EU official accuses Russia of launching “indiscriminate attacks”.
• Germany and the US have given Ukraine military hardware.
• The EU’s latest actions are aimed at “saving lives,” Sannino says.

A top European Union official accused Russia of escalating its conflict with Ukraine by targeting people and non-military objectives, which prompted Germany and the US to give Ukraine military hardware so that it could better protect itself.

Speaking at a press conference in Tokyo, the secretary general of the European Union’s European External Action Service, Stefano Sannino, said Russia had “moved from a concept of special operation to a concept now of a war against NATO and the West.”

“I think that this latest development in terms of armed supply is just an evolution of the situation and of the way Russia started moving the war into a different stage,” Sannino, said, adding that Putin was launching “indiscriminate attacks against civilians and against cities.”

The EU’s latest actions are aimed at “just giving the possibility of saving lives and allowing the Ukrainians to defend (themselves) from these barbaric attacks,” he added.

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