Portugal has formally condemned Russian military strikes on Kyiv that damaged multiple diplomatic missions, with Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel announcing a formal protest to Russia’s charge d’affaires in Lisbon. The attack affected diplomatic facilities of Portugal, Argentina, Albania, and Montenegro housed in the same building.
The Portuguese government summoned Russia’s diplomatic representative, as the ambassador is currently absent, to present an official protest over what Rangel described as “relatively light material damage” to the diplomatic facilities following an “intense attack” on Ukraine’s capital.
Rangel emphasized that targeting diplomatic facilities is “absolutely unacceptable,” suggesting additional measures might be considered at a broader European level in response to the strikes.
