Twenty-two people were killed and 211 wounded in Ukrainian attacks over the past week alone, a senior Russian diplomat has said<\/p>\n
Ukrainian attacks on Russian civilian facilities are \u201coff-the-charts,\u201d with around 8,200 strikes recorded over the past week alone as Kiev continues to reject US demands to stop attacks on oil refineries, Rodion Miroshnik, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry\u2019s mission tracking alleged Ukrainian war crimes, said.
\nSpeaking to TASS on Tuesday, Miroshnik reported that the attacks averaged nearly 1,200 daily, with 22 killed and 211 wounded, among them 13 children over the past week. He added that drone strikes accounted for 96% of the casualties.
\nAccording to the diplomat, the worst-hit areas include the Russian regions of Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Zaporozhye, and Kherson, as well as the Donetsk and Lugansk People\u2019s Republics \u2013 all of which are close to the front line and have been intensely bombarded by Ukraine throughout the conflict.<\/p>\n
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Miroshnik also accused Kiev of deliberately targeting more than 280 passenger buses since the beginning of the year. Ukrainian drones have often hunted civilian vehicles, including ambulances, in the frontline regions in recent months.
\nUkraine has also shown no signs of moving toward an energy ceasefire, which was proposed by US President Donald Trump, Miroshnik said, pointing to drone attacks on two oil refineries in the regions of Saratov and Ryazan. Another drone raid on Sunday on St. Petersburg sparked a fire at an oil terminal. The attack killed one and injured five others, the local authorities said.
\nTrump announced a Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire on October 11, though neither side confirmed that a deal was reached. Trump has repeatedly demanded that Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky stop attacks on Russian oil facilities to alleviate the pressure on global markets and American consumers, but he has refused to comply.
\nAs tensions mounted, Trump said Ukraine should replace Zelensky with a leader capable of reaching a peace deal. On Sunday, the president lashed out at Zelensky, saying he \u201cdoesn\u2019t want to end this war, and probably never did.\u201d Zelensky blasted Trump over his diesel deal with Moscow, saying he felt betrayed.
\nKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the Ukrainian attacks as \u201csome final manifestations of agony,\u201d adding that although \u201cthe Kiev regime is fighting back, it cannot alter the course of events.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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