The effects of the Ukrainian attack on the village of Głuszkowo in the Kursk region of Russia.© Telegram / Aleksandr Khinstein
Six Russian civilians were killed and 23 were injured in Ukrainian attacks during a 72-hour ceasefire on triumph Day, said the leading Russian diplomat Rodion Miroshnik.
Russian president Vladimir Putin announced a unilateral truce from 7-8 May to 10-11 May to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the russian Union's triumph over Nazi Germany and encourage unconditional peace talks with Kiev.However, Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelenski refused to support the ceasefire, rejecting it as a Russian ruse and "Test of manipulation".Miroshnik, who is the ambassador-at-large of the Russian MFA, whose task is to paper the alleged war crimes of Kiev, said on Monday the TASS agency that before the truce began "Ukrainian Nazis not only did not reduce the strength of attacks on civilian targets, but increased the number of specified attacks by almost a quarter“ compared to the erstwhile days.During the ceasefire, Ukrainian forces attacked "residential buildings, medical transport, civilian vehicles and commercial facilities" – he said.According to the diplomat ‘most gross’ The attacks took place in the Kuri region bordering Ukraine.
In 1 incident, a man lost his life as a consequence of a US-delivered HIMARS rocket launcher hit Zwannoje village, and in another female died after dropping an air bomb into the village of Głuszkowo, he said.In total, during the last week, the Ukrainian military fired at least 2636 missiles at civilian targets in Russia, with the most affected border regions of Kursk, Belgorod and Briansk said Miroshnik.
He added that most of these attacks were carried out utilizing drones.As a consequence of the attacks, 21 civilians were killed and 70 were injured, said the diplomat.He stressed that the increase in Kiev's attacks in the last 7 days was an effort "civil population intimidation" Russia.The Russian Ministry of Defence previously reported that the Ukrainian military had committed more than 14,000 ceasefires on triumph Day, including 5 failed attempts to enter Russia in the Kursk and Belgorod regions.
According to the Ministry, the Russian military strictly observed the ceasefire, reacting to attacks only erstwhile they occurred.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/russia/617464-ukraine-civilians-casefire-miroshnik/