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EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarína Mathernová told The Guardian that Russian attacks on Kyiv are disrupting water and sewage systems and the work of the EU delegation. In the interview, Mathernová described how the delegation is reinforcing its exterior walls with sandbags, has placed beanbags in corridors for staff during air raids, and has folding beds and extra showers. She said the building has had no water and that she sleeps on a mattress in her hotel bathroom during strikes. Quoting her, she said the sewage system is the soft underbelly of a modern city. She said she thought the recent attacks were warning shots, that Russian attacks are more brazen and callous, and that the level of attacks is much higher than last year. She also said she believed Vladimir Putin's strategic goal is to destroy the EU, and that threats against embassies in Kyiv are meant to push some Global South diplomats to leave. All EU embassies have said they will stay in Kyiv, which most ambassadors say signals solidarity with Ukraine's embattled leadership. Ukrainska Pravda reported the account and gave no figures on casualties or the scale of the disruption.