Russia's latest disinformation campaign alleging that a Ukrainian drone struck a Minsk-Anapa passenger bus near the Krasny Kamen border checkpoint in Russia's Bryansk region is a deliberate and cynical provocation.
The false claim is aimed solely at diverting attention from Russia's terrorist missile and drone attack on Kyiv earlier on Wednesday, Andrii Kovalov, Spokesperson for the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, told Ukrinform.
"The Russian military and political leadership have traditionally resorted to staged incidents and attacks against its own citizens in an attempt to distract the international community from yet another act of terrorism in Kyiv, where dozens of civilians were killed and injured as a result of a massive Russian attack on residential neighborhoods," Kovalov said.
According to him, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine officially states that the Ukrainian Defense Forces did not carry out any strikes against the civilian vehicle in question and that all accusations made by the aggressor state are entirely false and fabricated.
"The Armed Forces of Ukraine strike only legitimate military targets and do not conduct military operations against civilians. We call on our international partners and the entire global community to firmly condemn yet another groundless accusation by the Russian Federation and to provide an appropriate legal and political assessment of the deliberate and brutal terrorist killing of Ukrainian civilians...
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