Kurti for attacks in Ukraine: At this point at the conference in Pristina, the Russian invasion is taking place.

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti has said Thursday that the Russian attack on Ukraine constitutes the second largest military aggression since the end of World War II.

“Today is a sad morning in Europe, because at this point that we are here at the conference in Pristina, the Russian invasion is taking place in Ukraine, which is the biggest military aggression in Europe not only since the end of World War II”, Kurti said at a conference held regarding public administration reform in Kosovo.

In these sad moments for Europe, and not only, we solidify with the people of Ukraine and are oriented with the European Union, NATO, the United States of America and the United Kingdom for state sovereignty, territorial integrity, the country's independence and the right to self-determination for the people of Ukraine”, Kurti has said, among other things.

Other Balkan leaders have condemned the Russian attack, including from Albania, Montenegro, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has said on Thursday that Russia has begun his country's invasion.

In a Twitter post, Kuleba wrote that Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched the “invasion of Ukraine full-scale”.

The peaceful cities of Ukraine are under attack. It's a war of aggression”, Kuleba said.

Ukraine's president, Voldymyr Zelensky, has said Russia has carried out missile attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure and on border guards.

Through a Twitter post, he has said he has talked with Western allies and has called on them to help Ukraine with protection and finance.

The Russian president has confirmed that he is launching, as he has said, a <x0-4> ” operation for “demilitarisation” in Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden has condemned the operation, calling it an unpronounced and untested “attack on Ukraine and adding that the world “will hold Russia accountable”.