Interfax on April 5 quoted Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov once again denying the accusations of killing civilians in Bucha by Ukraine. He asserted that the images that Kiev published in the Western media were staged to smear Moscow.
Ukrainian soldiers move near the burned body of an armored vehicle in Bucha. Photo: AP
A Russian military spokesman warned that “similar events are planned by Ukrainian special services in Sumy, Konotop”, where the Russian forces withdrew, and other cities.
“According to confirmed information, on the evening of April 4, in the village of Moshchun, 23 km northwest of Kiev, Ukrainian servicemen made another staged footage of civilians who were said to have been killed. lives due to the violent actions of the Russians,” Konashenkov accused.
More than half a week after Russia announced its withdrawal from the Kiev area and many cities in northern Ukraine to facilitate negotiations, Ukraine on April 3 suddenly released a series of photos of people believed to have been killed. network on the streets of the town of Bucha near Kiev and accused Russia of being responsible.
The US, Germany, France and Western countries immediately cited these images and condemned Russia. In the opposite direction, Moscow asserts that the images posted by Kiev are fake. Russia questioned why Russian forces withdrew from March 30, but it took Ukraine 4 days to publish photos of civilians killed?
Speaking at a United Nations Security Council session on April 5, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged countries to impose new tough sanctions on Russia. This call was immediately responded to by the West.
Russia continues to strike targets in Ukraine
At the same press conference, Mr. Konashenkov also said that Russia’s military activities continued. The Russian forces opened fire with precision from the air at targets in the vicinity of Zolochiv in the Lviv Oblast in the west and Chuhuiv in the Kharkov Oblast in the east of Ukraine.
“The Russian Aerospace Forces and missile forces destroyed 134 Ukrainian military facilities, including eight command posts, communication centers, a radar guidance station for the S-300, a system Tochka-U, 6 ammunition depots and 2 fuel depots,” he said.
According to General Konashenkov, on the evening of April 4, a series of high-precision long-range weapons launched from the sea by Russia destroyed a training center of Ukrainian special forces, which was used for foreign mercenaries.
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