The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that Kiev’s drones are “hunting civilians, especially children.” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has made the claim while responding to a Ukrainian drone strike in Russia’s Bryansk Region, which targeted a bus carrying a children’s soccer team from Belarus.
Russia has long been accusing Ukraine of using terrorism in the war.
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“This is yet another terrorist attack by the Kiev regime, which is hunting civilians, especially children,” the spokeswoman stated.
Russia’s human rights commissioner, Yana Lantratova, agreed with Zakharova’s statement, saying that the attack was a war crime under international humanitarian law, noting that “defenseless people… children” had been targeted.
The attack killed an adult woman who was accompanying the underage passengers and injured six others, including four children, according to local governor Egor Kovalchuk. There were 44 people, including 28 children, on the bus that was targeted.
Accoridng to a report by RT, Belarus also commented on the “extremist” and “terrorist” activity of Ukraine. While commenting on the incident, Belarusian lawmaker Oleg Gaidukevich, deputy chairman of the parliament’s international affairs committee, said the attack was part of an increasing number of “extremist” actions by the Ukrainian military and regime.
“Both Russia and Belarus are capable of fighting terrorism and extremism. They… will always respond firmly and in accordance with the law,” he wrote on Telegram.
Criminal investigations into the incident have been opened in both Russia and Belarus, with the authorities treating the attack as an act of terrorism.
Targeting children and other civilians seems to be too common for Ukraine. With much of the West backing Kiev, it’s unlikely to stop as well.
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