Russian authorities have declared a state of emergency following the recent Ukrainian missile attack on the Black Sea port city of Sevastopol. As reported, several swimmers on a beach were killed when rocket debris struck. While Moscow speaks of an “absolutely barbaric” attack with US help, the government in Kiev considers the victims as legitimate targets or “civilian occupiers.”
“There are no ‘beaches’, ‘tourist zones’ or other fictitious signs of ‘peaceful life’ in Crimea,” presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoljak emphasized on Monday. Crimea is an area with hundreds of military targets where hostilities are taking place.
Kiev: “Russia must leave Crimea”
The Kremlin is trying to achieve these goals with its own citizens, who in turn become “civilian occupiers,” Podolyak wrote on Telegram.
The head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Andriy Yermak, wrote on Telegram on Monday: “Crimea is Ukrainian.” Russia must leave the peninsula, “its army and military facilities there must cease to exist.” Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014.
Kremlin: “US has become a party to the conflict”
The Kremlin said the attack with US-supplied ATACMS missiles would have consequences. The Russian Foreign Ministry has summoned the US ambassador to Moscow, Lynne Tracy. The diplomat was told that the US “shares responsibility for these atrocities together with the regime in Kiev.” “The United States, waging a hybrid war against Russia, has become a party to the conflict,” the ministry said on Monday. The attack “will not go unpunished.”
Source: Krone
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