European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday decried Russia's attack on the Ukrainian port city Mariupol as "a massive war crime", as the bloc discussed imposing more sanctions on Moscow.
"What's happening now in Mariupol is a massive war crime, destroying everything, bombarding and killing everybody," Borrell said at the start of a meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Borrell's comments echoed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's who called the siege of Mariupol a "war crime".
Russian forces pushed deeper into the strategic port city that has suffered continuous attacks since Moscow launched invasion late last month.
"To do this to a peaceful city, what the occupiers did, is a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come," Zelenskyy said in a video address to the nation on Sunday.
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