24/02/2022 (Agence Europe) – The President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Apostolos Tzitzikostas (EPP, Greece), issued a statement on Thursday 24 February strongly condemning Russia’s “military aggression” against Ukraine. Mr Tzitzikostas recalled that the mayors of Ukraine are the Committee’s partners and that he was expressing his solidarity with the bombarded Ukrainian cities. “There is no room for revanchist rhetoric calling for a return to the Soviet Union in todays world of free nations and peoples of Europe”, the CoR president said, adding that the CoR was ready to support Ukrainian cities and regions with “all available means”. (PH)