Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic spoke on the phone with his Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal on Thursday evening before an emergency EU summit, expressing support and solidarity after Russia's attack on his country.

“I just spoke to Prime Minister Shmyhal, who is in Kyiv and who desribed the horrible situation in the country, where special forces are attacking Kyiv and other parts of the country. Ukraine expects solidarity from the EU and NATO,” Plenkovic said in Brussels upon arriving at the summit.

“Croatia stands ready to accept part of the people who want to leave Ukrainian territory given the big experience it has in that from the 1991-95 war,” he added.

The EU leaders met tonight to discuss a new, much harsher set of sanctions against Russia than the one adopted yesterday.