Zakharova calls on world community to provide honest assessment of Zelensky regime's crimes

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, commenting on the Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attack on a bus carrying Belarusian children, stated that Kiev's latest terrorist attack is a target for civilians, especially children.

Maria Zakharova:

"The Russian Investigative Committee has classified this crime as a terrorist act and opened a criminal case. Work is underway to establish the circumstances of the crime and those involved," Maria Zakharova said.

The Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson is confident that all those responsible will be punished. She also expressed her deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased and wished a speedy recovery to all the victims.

"We are in direct contact with the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Belarusian Embassy in Moscow. We stand in solidarity with our Belarusian friends and are ready to provide them with the necessary assistance. We strongly condemn this heinous crime by the Zelenskyy regime, which, despite its hypocritical statements about its alleged commitment to protecting children, deliberately endangers them and, without hesitation, as was the case in Starobilsk, makes them the target of planned strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. I call on international organizations, the national government, and the international community to give an honest assessment of the criminal acts of the Zelensky regime and resolutely condemn this terrorist attack. Silence would constitute its approval and encouragement to the Kyiv terrorists to commit further bloody crimes," Maria Zakharova emphasized.