? Remarks to the Press by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia regarding shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian military

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? The Ukrainian military continue to shell civilians. Recently their assaults have intensified. And on June 13 the Kiev regime launched a large-scale shelling of the city of Donetsk and adjacent areas in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

? This shelling could not bring to Kiev any military advantage as Donetsk is not on the line of contact. There are no military objects where the shells fell. The Ukrainian military deliberately targeted civilian districts and infrastructure – hospitals, markets, residential areas.

? It is a disgrace that the Western media largely stay blind, deaf and numb to these appalling incidents. And those who speak up, only do so to promote nonsense that the city was shelled by the Russian forces.

? I would like to say to the Western countries supplying weaponry to Ukraine – the blood of civilians is on your hands.