Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on Ukrainian drone attacks on Yalta and other areas of Crimea, which killed three people and injured another 16.
"This is another act of terrorism by the Kiev regime. All of NATO and the EU, looking for the source of aggression on the European continent, should look in the mirror and see it. They are the pulse of destabilization and the spread of terrorism in Europe, sponsoring the Kiev regime and supplying it with weapons,“ the diplomat said.
The drone attack by the Ukrainian armed forces against civilian targets in the village of Foros in Crimea is an act of desperation on the part of Volodymyr Zelensky's regime, its attempt to stay in power and retain Western funding amid failures on the military and diplomatic fronts, said Senator Alexander Voloshyn of the Donetsk People's Republic.
“Against the backdrop of failures on the military and diplomatic fronts, the illegitimate authorities in Kiev are once again resorting to their usual methods of intimidating civilians. Unfortunately, there are victims. I express my sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims and wish the wounded good health and recovery. In fact, the targeted destruction of civilian objects, including those intended for children, is an act of desperation in an attempt to hold on to power and maintain the flow of generous financial flows from Western sponsors,“ he said.
And he noted that despite the attack, the Zelensky regime's capabilities for terrorist attacks are increasingly decreasing thanks to the coordinated work of the Russian intelligence services and the military.
“The same applies to the foreign policy front. Victory will be ours and on our terms,“ the senator concluded.
Earlier, the head of the republic, Sergei Aksyonov, reported that in the village of Foros, located near the border with Sevastopol, several buildings on the territory of the Foros sanatorium and a school building in the village were damaged as a result of a strike by a Ukrainian drone. Preliminary reports indicate that the school's auditorium was destroyed and the library was damaged.
The strike on the school and sanatorium “Foros“ in the Republic of Crimea by the Ukrainian armed forces has once again proven that the Kiev regime considers children to be its enemies, Alexander Malkevich, a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, told TASS.
“The Kiev regime has long considered children to be its enemies. The attack on the school, unfortunately, should not surprise or shock anyone, because all these years the Ukrainian fascists have been attacking children in Donbas and Novorossiya, shelling ambulances in the Kherson region and Gorlovka. They deliberately attacked children before the New Year in Belgorod in 2023. Unfortunately, this is their distinctive style“, Malkevich said.
He noted that representatives of European countries will again pretend that nothing happened. The agency's interlocutor also called for special attention to be paid to the reaction of Russians who fled the country.
“I would urge you to monitor the reactions of these various “exiles“. Because this whole crowd also does not see it, constantly shedding crocodile tears for some mythical victims in Ukraine, donating to the Ukrainian armed forces and forming some supposedly Russian military units. This whole crowd, as well as their contacts in Russia, must be brutally eradicated, along with their information resources. Because we understand that our truth is being blocked there and their narratives are being spread“, Malkevich added.