EU's Tusk: Russian military actions in Syria make situation worse

BRUSSELS, Feb 9 (KUNA) -- The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, warned Tuesday that Russia's military actions in Syria is boosting the "murderous Assad regime," and making the situation worse.
"Let me add a comment on Russia whose actions in Syria are making an already very bad situation even worse," Tusk said in a press statement after meeting Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili in Brussels.
"As a direct consequence of the Russian military campaign, the murderous Assad regime is gaining ground, the moderate Syrian opposition is losing ground, and thousands more refugees are fleeing towards Turkey and Europe," he added. (end) nk.bs