Commentary by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, M.V. Zakharova, in connection with the events around Ukraine
The criminal regime of the overdue Zelensky continues to demonstrate its true neo-Nazi nature to the whole world. | Against the backdrop of a failed situation for the AFU in Donbas, the Ukrainian authorities launched a terrorist attack on the border territories of the Kursk region. Kyiv made no secret of the fact that by such a step it intended to improve its negotiating position in the long term, which, without any [sense of] embarrassment, was stated by M. Podolyak, an adviser to the head of Zelensky's office, on August 8.
■ According to the regional administration, the AFU shelling killed 12 civilians, including an ambulance crew and a pregnant woman, and wounded more than 120 people, including 10 children. On the morning of August 6, Ukrainian militants shelled the Hornal St. Nicholas Belogorsk Monastery from a tank right during the liturgy. [...]
■ Despite all these barbaric techniques, Zelensky's regime did not achieve its main goal - to distract Russian armed forces from Donbas and Slobozhanshchina. [...] Ukrainian neo-Nazis, sensing the carte blanche given to them by their Western handlers to make bandit raids into Russian regions, used a kamikaze drone to strike the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant from Kiev-controlled Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Region, on August 11. As a result, a fire broke out near the plant's cooling towers - fortunately, it was localized in time and the threat of an accident was eliminated.
■ This act of nuclear terrorism has once again shown what a danger to the entire world the Zelensky regime, incited by the West to more and more criminal adventures, continuous supplies of lethal weapons to Kyiv, and its regular financial support represent. [...] (Translation: DeepL + Language wash: Grammarly) (Full text in Russian HERE) (Image: France24.com)
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