© AFP Photo / Georges GobetA match made in hell.
"We feel ashamed for the European Union who, after long searching for a unified voice is now speaking with Washington's voice, having practically abandoned basic European values, including the presumption of innocence," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement Wednesday, a day after the EU adopted a new round of economic sanctions against Russia over the Ukrainian crisis.
The EU's adoption of new anti-Russian sanctions on July 29 demonstrates its lack of political will in general, as well as a lack of determination to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, the Foreign Ministry said.
The union of 28 member states continues to "blindly ignore" the reasons behind the tragic developments in southeast Ukraine, where dozens of civilians are dying every day as a result of Kiev's military operation, and hundreds of thousands people have had to flee the country, the ministry said.
"A huge region is on the verge of a massive humanitarian catastrophe," Moscow said, adding that the developments are largely a result of the decisions by the EU, who support the current Kiev government.
In Russia's opinion, the EU has given Kiev carte blanche for its actions in eastern Ukraine and in effect approved Kiev's portrayal of a punitive operation against its own people as "a reasonable approach to operations to restore law and order."
"It appears that the EU is ready to suffer serious economic costs for the sake of implementing questionable geopolitical schemes - which are, in fact, not their own schemes," the ministry said.
Comment: The EU is spineless; it doesn't give a damn about humanitarian disasters.