Kyiv no longer cares about lives of people: Russia
Russia says the Kyiv government no longer cares about the lives of civilians.
“The Kyiv authorities instigated by their Western sponsors are carrying out a punitive operation killing and wounding civilians and destroying civilian infrastructure. A humanitarian situation in the region is getting worse,” ITAR-TASS news agency quoted a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying on Monday.
It also said that despite Russia’s constant appeals to Kyiv authorities and international organizations to take urgent measures in connection with the humanitarian disaster and human suffering in southeast Ukraine, nothing has been done.
The ministry also referred to several examples of Ukrainian troops killing civilians and violating human rights.
“Ukrainian artillery shelled the town of Pervomaisk in the Lugansk region on August 2, destroying homes and causing casualties. The shells also damaged two substations. The city was left out of water and mobile communication. A hospital, a polyclinic and a nursery building were ruined. A gas pipeline was also damaged,” read part of the statement.
“The same day, on August 2, the Ukrainian military launched mortar fire against a school in Donetsk. As a result, a man and a woman died. All windows in the building were smashed and the school was caught on fire.”
Ukraine’s eastern regions have witnessed deadly clashes between pro-Russia protesters and the Ukrainian army since the government in Kyiv launched military operations there in mid-April. The United Nations says at least 1,129 people have been killed in the military campaign.
The fighting has intensified in eastern Ukraine since July 17, when a Malaysian airliner, carrying 298 people, was downed in the Donetsk region. Ukraine and the pro-Russians accuse each other of firing a surface-to-air missile at the passenger plane.
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