“Responsibility for the deliberate missile attack against the civilian population of Sevastopol lies primarily with Washington,” denounced the Russian Defense Ministry, among other accusations.
Satellite image of Crimea. Photo: Reuters.
Russia He stated this Sunday that USA is responsible for a Ukrainian attack on the peninsula Crimea with five missiles supplied by Washingtonwhich caused the death of at least five people (three children) and more than 124 injured.
He Ministry of Defence Russian reported that four of the system’s missiles ATACMS supplied by the United States, equipped with cluster warheadswere shot down by the anti-aircraft defense and the ammunition of a fifth missile detonated in the air.
Ministry of Defense in Moscow, Russia. Photo: Reuters.
Likewise, he indicated that American specialists established the flight coordinates of the missiles based on information from their spy satelliteswhich means that Washington is directly responsible.
“Responsibility for the deliberate missile attack against the civilian population of Sevastopol falls mainly on Washingtonwhich supplied these weapons to Ukraine, and in the kyiv regime, from whose territory this attack was carried out,” the Ministry stated.
Launch of an ATACMS missile by Ukraine. Photo: Reuters.
The United States began supplying Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles, which cover distances up to 300 kilometersat the beginning of this year.
Footage from Russian state television showed people running away from a beach and some people being carried in deck chairs.
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Russian authorities in Crimea said missile fragments had fallen just after noon near a beach on the north side of the city of Sevastopolwhere the locals were on vacation.
At least 124 people were injured, according to the Russian Health Minister, Mikhail Murashko. Among the injured, there are 27 children, five of whom are in serious condition.
Ukrainian attack in Crimea. Photo: Reuters.
The Russian Defense Ministry assured that Moscow will respond to the attack, without giving more details. The Kremlin reported that the president Vladimir Putin was “in constant contact with the military“since the attack on Sevastopol.
Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and now consider the peninsula of Black Sea as an integral part of its territory, although most of the world continues to consider it Ukrainian.
