Kramatorsk police said at least 61 people were injured in the missile strike, which reduced the restaurant to rubble
The Kremlin said today that Russia attacks only military targets and not civilian structures, responding to a question about a missile strike last night on Tuesday at a busy restaurant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, which, according to the latest authorities’ account , claimed the lives of at least 10 people.
“The Russian Federation does not attack non-military structures,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted. “The strikes are on targets that are somehow connected to the military infrastructure,” he added.
Kramatorsk police said at least 61 people were injured in the missile strike, which reduced the restaurant to rubble. The authorities clarified that the dead included 4 children.
UN report
The Kremlin spokesman also today dismissed a UN report that Russia violated children’s rights in Ukraine, saying the Russian military had rescued children.
The report, which was released yesterday, Tuesday, accuses Russia of arresting more than 800 civilians, including children, since it invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Peskov told reporters at a regular briefing that Russian forces had taken steps to protect children by removing them from conflict areas in Ukraine.
American report on Russian general about Wagner mutiny
Asked at the same time about a US report, according to which a Russian general knew in advance about last Saturday’s foiled mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group, the Kremlin spokesman said there would be “a lot of speculation” after that.
The US newspaper New York Times reported citing US officials that General Sergei Surovikin, the deputy commander of Russia’s military operations in Ukraine, knew in advance of the planned mutiny.
Envoy of the Pope
The Kremlin appreciates the Vatican’s efforts to help resolve the crisis in Ukraine, Putin’s spokesman also noted, confirming the arrival in Moscow of a representative of Pope Francis for peace talks.
“We deeply appreciate the Vatican’s efforts and initiatives and welcome the Pope’s quest to help end the armed conflict (in Ukraine),” Peskov noted.
Putin’s foreign affairs adviser will hold talks with the pontiff’s envoy, Cardinal Matteo Juppi, at the Russian president’s request, he added.
Source :Skai
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