As a result of the Russian missile attack on Kharkiv, the Honorary Consulate of Albania was destroyed, the Embassy of Ukraine in Albania reports..

There were no casualties. Consulate staff are now safe.

Albanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the attack.

#Albania has suffered greatly from #Russian aggression, which leads to the destruction of the modern Consultation? in #Kharkiv. Perpetrators must be well registered! #StopRussianAggression #StandWithUkraine? pic. twitter. com/INiZkznIpO.

— Albanian MEFA? (@AlbanianDiplo) March 7, 2022.

Albania, like Montenegro, North Macedonia, the EU, the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, Switzerland and New Zealand, is currently on Russia's "

On February 27, the country joined the EU in imposing sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine..

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of a “special military operation” to “demilitarize” and “denazify” Ukraine, to “cleanse it from the Nazis”.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation claims that it is delivering pinpoint strikes on military targets, but in fact, Russia has unleashed a full-scale war in Ukraine, inflicting, in particular, rocket attacks on cities, which destroy residential buildings, and infrastructure suffers. Hundreds of civilians have already died, including children. Millions of people are forced to hide in bomb shelters. Over a million people became refugees in neighboring countries. At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine defend our land with dignity: Russia has already lost more than 12,000 soldiers and hundreds of pieces of military equipment here..