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Good morning.

I'm outraged by the attack on Kiev also hitting our EU offices.

This was the deadliest drone and missile attack on the capital since July.

And as you can see behind me on the screen.

It was an attack also on our delegation.

I just spoke with our deputy ambassador, and I'm relieved that none of our staff were harmed.

Last night's attack struck in close proximity of the diplomatic mission, the representation of our Union.

2 missiles hit in a distance of 50 m of the delegation within 20 seconds.

And this is another grim reminder of what is at stake.

It shows that the Kremlin will stop at nothing to terrorize Ukraine.

Blindly killing civilians, men, women, and children, and even targeting the European Union.

This is why we are keeping maximum pressure on Russia. That means tightening our sanctions regime.

We will come forward soon with our 19th package of hard biting sanctions.

And in parallel, we are advancing the work on the

Russian frozen assets to contribute to Ukraine's defense and reconstruction.

And of course we are ensuring strong unwavering support to Ukraine,

our neighbor, partner, friend, and our future member.

Tomorrow I will travel to the 7 member states that

are strengthening and protecting our external borders with Russia and Belarus.

I want to express the EU's full solidarity with them.

And share the progress we are making in building a strong European defense industry.

Especially through our joint defense instrument, safe.

And finally, I want to thank our brave staff in the EU delegation in Ukraine.

They are doing outstanding work under extremely difficult conditions.

I will deliver this message to them in person when I next go to Kiev. Thank you very much.